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DateThu, 29 Jan 2009 09:07:15 -0500 (EST)
FromSteven Rostedt <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] use per cpu data for single cpu ipi calls

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 12:13 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > > > Can generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt() ever see
> > > > CSD_FLAG_ALLOC set now? If not, that kfree can go away.
> > >
> > > Like said above, removing that kmalloc will hurt people.
> >
> > the whole promise of generic-IPI seems to dwindle and we'll get back to
> > roughly where we started out from.
>
> I'd not go that far, the per-cpu csd is a nice fallback, but removing
> that kmalloc is just silly.

I'll add the kmalloc back. But the rest should be fine.

-- Steve



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