Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 19 May 2008 09:39:02 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Christoph Lameter <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] modules: Use a better scheme for refcounting | |
On Sat, 17 May 2008, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > > You mean using alloc_percpu() ? Problem is that current implementation
> > > is expensive,> > I mean rewriting alloc_percpu :)
cpu_alooc is going to replace that completely.
> > > > We probably can change this to dynamic per-cpu as soon as Mike or
> > > Christopher finish their work on new dynamic per-cpu implementation ?> >> > Yes, the zero-based percpu variables followed by the cpu_alloc patch should
> > provide this and shrink the code quite well, including in some cases
> > removing locking requirements (because the resultant instructions will be
> > atomic.)> > Ah, I hadn't realized that Mike was already working on this. Mike, have you
> published patches already?
He is reworking my patches. He can use some encouragement though...
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