From: Marc Gonzalez <marc_gonzalez@sigmadesigns.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Mans Rullgard <mans@mansr.com>,
Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>,
Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
Sebastian Frias <sebastian_frias@sigmadesigns.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: Store reg field within struct clocksource
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:36:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <565459E2.7030708@sigmadesigns.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1511191457160.3898@nanos>
On 19/11/2015 14:57, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, Marc Gonzalez wrote:
>> On 19/11/2015 12:14, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>
>>> So yes, the alignment of the clocksource struct is not longer
>>> relevant. The case where we access clocksource->max_cycles is when
>>> CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING is enabled, which imposes worse performance
>>> problems to timekeeping than the extra cacheline.
>>>
>>> So the simple solution for this issue is indeed the one liner below.
>>
>> It would make sense to also remove the comment emphasizing the
>> alignment requirement.
>
> Indeed.
Thomas,
Will you commit that patch yourself?
Regards.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-24 12:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-18 13:43 [PATCH] clocksource: Store reg field within struct clocksource Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-18 13:51 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-11-18 17:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-11-19 9:27 ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-19 10:33 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-11-19 10:36 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-19 10:40 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-11-19 10:33 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-19 10:36 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-11-19 10:42 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-19 11:08 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-11-19 11:14 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-19 12:26 ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-19 13:57 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-24 12:36 ` Marc Gonzalez [this message]
2015-11-25 21:33 ` [tip:timers/core] timekeeping: Lift clocksource cacheline restriction tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-19 10:55 ` [PATCH] clocksource: Store reg field within struct clocksource Marc Gonzalez
2015-11-19 11:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-11-19 12:41 ` Marc Gonzalez
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