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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <sdietrich@mvista.com>
Cc: Esben Nielsen <simlo@phys.au.dk>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] local_irq_disable removal
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:56:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050613075635.GA16151@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1118649197.5729.68.camel@sdietrich-xp.vilm.net>


* Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <sdietrich@mvista.com> wrote:

> > > Is there any such SMP concept as a local_preempt_disable()  ?
> > > 
> > You must think of preempt_disable() ? Except for the interface is a little
> > bit different using flags in local_irq_save(), preempt_disable() works
> > exactly the same way, blocking for everything but interrupts - on the
> > _local_ CPU. (Under PREEMPT_RT it ofcourse also blocks for threaded IRQ
> > handlers.)
> 
> Doesn't preempt_disable() also block rescheduling on other CPUs?
> 
> We only need to prevent rescheduling on THIS CPU.

it doesnt. It's 2-4 instructions similar to the assembly i posted 
before, changing current_thread_info->preempt_count, nothing else.

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2005-06-13  7:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-08  7:08 [PATCH] local_irq_disable removal Daniel Walker
2005-06-08 11:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-08 20:33   ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-09 11:56     ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-10 23:37 ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-11  0:20   ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 13:13     ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-11 13:46       ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-11 14:32         ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-11 16:36           ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 17:26             ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-06-11 18:40               ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-12  0:07                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-06-12  0:15                   ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-12  0:22                     ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-06-12  0:24                       ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-11 19:16             ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-11 19:34               ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-11 19:44                 ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-11 19:53                   ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 20:23                   ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-11 22:59                     ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-13  5:22                       ` Steven Rostedt
2005-06-13  6:20                         ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-13 12:28                           ` Steven Rostedt
2005-06-11 20:03                 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-11 20:51                   ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 23:44                     ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-06-11 23:50                       ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-12  0:01                         ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-06-12  0:09                       ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-12  0:28                         ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-06-12  1:05                         ` Gene Heskett
2005-06-13 12:03                           ` Paulo Marques
2005-06-13 12:19                             ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-12  4:50                       ` cutaway
2005-06-12  6:57                       ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-12 11:15                         ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-12 11:52                           ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-13  7:01                           ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-13  7:53                             ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-13  8:05                               ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-13  8:54                                 ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-13  9:13                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-12 15:28                         ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-12  4:31                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-06-12  4:32                       ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-12  4:56                         ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-06-12  4:55                           ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-12  5:16                             ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-06-12  5:14                               ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-12  5:27                                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2005-06-12 15:27                     ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-06-12 15:46                       ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-12 19:02                       ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-12 17:02                     ` Andi Kleen
2005-06-13  7:08                   ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-13  7:44                     ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-13  7:53                       ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-13  7:56                         ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2005-06-13  7:47                     ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-11 16:41           ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-11 17:16             ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-11 19:29               ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-11 20:02               ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-11 16:19         ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 13:51       ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-11 15:00         ` Mika Penttilä
2005-06-11 16:45           ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2005-06-11 16:53             ` Mika Penttilä
2005-06-11 17:13               ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 17:22                 ` Mika Penttilä
2005-06-11 17:25                   ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 17:29                     ` Mika Penttilä
2005-06-11 17:30                       ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 17:55                         ` Mika Penttilä
2005-06-11 16:28         ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 16:46           ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-11 16:09       ` Daniel Walker
2005-06-11 16:31         ` Esben Nielsen
2005-06-11 16:51 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-06-11 22:44   ` Ed Tomlinson
2005-06-12  6:23   ` Ingo Molnar
2005-06-12  9:28     ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-06-13  4:39       ` [RT] " Steven Rostedt
2005-06-16  5:35       ` Lee Revell

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