Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:20:22 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [patch] smptimers, old BH removal, tq-cleanup, 2.5.39 | From | "David S. Miller" <> |
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From: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 00:45:59 +0530
> net_bh_lock: i have removed it, since it would synchronize to nothing. The > old protocol handlers should still run on UP, and on SMP the kernel prints > a warning upon use. Alexey, is this approach fine with you? The cache line bouncing of global_bh_lock and net_bh_lock in run_timer_tasklet() show up in our profiles, so getting rid of them is a good thing (TM). What ancient protocols are you running that make use of this?
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