Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Apr 2018 07:52:25 +0200 | From | Martin Schwidefsky <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 10/10] softirq: Remove __ARCH_SET_SOFTIRQ_PENDING |
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:08:36 +0200 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 04:53:43PM +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote: > > The lowcore optimization for softirq_pending field is not really needed, > > just nice to have. But if there is a strong reason to make a common > > definition for it we can certainly do that. > > A slightly related question; would it make sense to move all kernel > static per-cpu stuff into lowcore, or is that asking for too much > trickery?
The space in lowcore is quite limited, for zArch the structure is 8K with many pre-defined fields. I fear that putting all of the static per-cpu stuff in there is too much.
So far I used the lowcore as optimization for selected per-cpu fields which are performance relevant.
-- blue skies, Martin.
"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.
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