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SubjectRe: [PATCH -v2] use per cpu data for single cpu ipi calls
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On Friday 30 January 2009 04:38:23 Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> >
> > Actually, we are locking against the destination CPU.
>
> Oh.
>
> THAT'S JUST INCOMPETENT.
>
> What the *fuck* is the point of having per-CPU data, and then using it for
> the wrong CPU?

Maybe we made it too easy to declare and use per-cpu data?

Could we use an nr_cpu_ids array? Yes, it needs alloc at boot somewhere, but
it avoids collateral damage to other percpu data (and please don't suggest DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED: that's just antisocial).

Thanks,
Rusty.


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