From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754656AbXEGRsg (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 May 2007 13:48:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754654AbXEGRse (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 May 2007 13:48:34 -0400 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:33336 "EHLO mga03.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754606AbXEGRsd (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 May 2007 13:48:33 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.14,502,1170662400"; d="scan'208";a="225303391" Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 10:46:08 -0700 From: "Siddha, Suresh B" To: Christoph Lameter Cc: "Siddha, Suresh B" , "Yu, Fenghua" , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add percpu smp cacheline align section Message-ID: <20070507174608.GB21638@linux-os.sc.intel.com> References: <33E1C72C74DBE747B7B59C1740F7443701A2F0AB@orsmsx417.amr.corp.intel.com> <20070505001222.GA26142@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <20070507171129.GA21638@linux-os.sc.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:30:16AM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > Call this area "cpu shared" or so? Sure. cacheline_algined_in_smp was sort of indicating this. But this name is short and also will clear the confusion. But this still need to tap into per cpu infrastructure, so that the new area can be allocated for each cpu during boot time.. thanks, suresh