Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:52:39 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386 adds smp_call_function_single |
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On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 06:24:22AM -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote: > Hello, > > Continiung the series of small patches necessary for the perfmon subsystem, here > is a patch that adds support for the smp_call_function_single() function for i386. > It exists for almost all other architectures but i386. The perfmon subsystem > needs it in one case to free some state on a designated remote CPU. > > Changelog: > - adds smp_call_function_single() to i386 tree. This function > is used to invoked a procedure on a designated remote CPU.
The naming seems a little strange to me. Something like run_on_cpu() would be clearer. Less keystrokes too :)
Dave
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