From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751125AbWGKRzE (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:55:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751155AbWGKRzE (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:55:04 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:45972 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751125AbWGKRzC (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:55:02 -0400 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:52:39 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Stephane Eranian Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 adds smp_call_function_single Message-ID: <20060711175239.GI5362@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Stephane Eranian , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060711132422.GB28851@frankl.hpl.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060711132422.GB28851@frankl.hpl.hp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk