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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip:x86/mm 1/3] x86: A fast way to check capabilities of the current cpu
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:49:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k4g1zdmt.fsf@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110312115010.GC2005@htj.dyndns.org> (Tejun Heo's message of "Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:50:10 +0100")

Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> writes:

> Add this_cpu_has() which determines if the current cpu has a certain
> ability using a segment prefix and a bit test operation.


Hmm: if the CPU capability is really tested in a performance critical
path, wouldn't it even be better to just use static_branch() now? 

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-14 19:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-12 11:50 [PATCH tip:x86/mm 1/3] x86: A fast way to check capabilities of the current cpu Tejun Heo
2011-03-12 11:50 ` [PATCH tip:x86/mm 2/3] x86: Use this_cpu_has for thermal_interrupt " Tejun Heo
2011-03-12 11:51   ` [PATCH tip:x86/mm 3/3] acpi throttling: Use this_cpu_has and simplify code " Tejun Heo
2011-03-28 16:40     ` Tejun Heo
2011-03-30 14:20       ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-30 15:19         ` Tejun Heo
2011-03-14 19:49 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2011-03-30 15:58   ` [PATCH tip:x86/mm 1/3] x86: A fast way to check capabilities of the " H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-30 16:07     ` Tejun Heo
2011-03-30 16:15       ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-30 16:16     ` H. Peter Anvin

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