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FromAndi Kleen <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/05] robust per_cpu allocation for modules
DateMon, 17 Apr 2006 19:10:46 +0200
On Sunday 16 April 2006 09:06, Nick Piggin wrote:

> I still don't understand what the justification is for slowing down
> this critical bit of infrastructure for something that is only a
> problem in the -rt patchset, and even then only a problem when tracing
> is enabled.

There are actually problems outside -rt. e.g. the Xen kernel was running
into a near overflow and as more and more code is using per cpu variables
others might too.

I'm confident the problem can be solved without adding more variables
though - e.g. in the way rusty proposed.

-Andi


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