Re: [PATCH 0/5] Generic smp_call_function(), improvements, and smp_call_function_single()

[Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>]

On Tue, Mar 25 2008, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > So now I/we just need to figure out why the hack to call
> > init_call_single_data() is needed. You seem to imply it was being called
> > too late, I thought perhaps too early. Where did you stick the
> > init_call_single_data() call in?
> 
> In ia64 the first calls to smp_call_function_single() are made
> while bringing up other cpus ... which happens from:
> 
> 	kernel_init()
> 		smp_init()
> 
> The init calls are made a few lines later (still in kernel_init):
> 
> 		do_basic_setup()
> 			do_initcalls()
> 
> I moved the call radically earlier (before sched_init() in
> init/main.c:start_kernel()) just to be sure, but that was
> overkill.
> 
> Perhaps making the call from do_pre_smp_initcalls() is the
> logical place?  Like this (though purists will say that the
> extern declaration should be in some header file):

It looks fine to me, not a big deal I think... I was woried that
core_initcall() would not suit all, so this helps.

Thanks Tony!

-- 
Jens Axboe