Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:29:56 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [patch 3/4] net: Percpufy frequently used variables -- proto.sockets_allocated |
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Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 04:55:49PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > local_t isn't much use until we get rid of asm-generic/local.h. Bloaty, > > racy with nested interrupts. > > The overuse of atomics is horrific in what is being proposed.
Well yeah, it wasn't really a very serious proposal. There's some significant work yet to be done on this stuff.
> Perhaps it's time to add a #error in asm-generic/local.h?
heh, or #warning "you suck" or something. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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