From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 adds smp_call_function_single
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:52:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060711175239.GI5362@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060711132422.GB28851@frankl.hpl.hp.com>
On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 06:24:22AM -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Continiung the series of small patches necessary for the perfmon subsystem, here
> is a patch that adds support for the smp_call_function_single() function for i386.
> It exists for almost all other architectures but i386. The perfmon subsystem
> needs it in one case to free some state on a designated remote CPU.
>
> Changelog:
> - adds smp_call_function_single() to i386 tree. This function
> is used to invoked a procedure on a designated remote CPU.
The naming seems a little strange to me. Something like
run_on_cpu() would be clearer. Less keystrokes too :)
Dave
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http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-11 17:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-11 13:24 [PATCH] i386 adds smp_call_function_single Stephane Eranian
2006-07-11 17:52 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2006-07-11 20:00 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-07-13 6:47 ` Keith Owens
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