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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"hpa@linux.intel.com" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/mm] percpu: Introduce a read-mostly percpu API
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:54:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CBFD5A6.3060308@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1287639230.2545.117.camel@edumazet-laptop>

On 10/20/2010 10:33 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> Really, readmostly percpu variables dont need INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT, as
> this is read mostly, and per cpu vars ;)
> 
> Just use L1_CACHE_BYTES
> 

L1_CACHE_BYTES is completely pointless, since if there is sharing to
worry about *at all*, it's probably at the L2 or L3 cache levels.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-21  5:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-20  3:07 [PATCH 1/2]percpu: introduce read mostly percpu API Shaohua Li
2010-10-20  5:18 ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-20  6:00   ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-20  7:35   ` Andi Kleen
2010-10-20  7:53     ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-20 21:38       ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-20 21:42         ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-20 21:33   ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-20 23:06 ` [tip:x86/mm] percpu: Introduce a read-mostly " tip-bot for Shaohua Li
2010-10-21  1:38   ` Shaohua Li
2010-10-21  2:53     ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-21  5:33     ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-21  5:54       ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-10-21  6:07         ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-21  6:09           ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-21  6:17             ` Shaohua Li
2010-10-21  6:48               ` Eric Dumazet
2010-10-21  6:54                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-21  6:10   ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-21  7:40 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86-32, percpu: Correct the ordering of the percpu readmostly section tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin

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