Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:40:32 -0500 | From | Josh Boyer <> | Subject | Re: Large slowdown with 'x86: Avoid invoking RCU when CPU is idle' |
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 08:42:43PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > > And patch #47 in that series has been obsoleted by another series > > from Steven Rostedt: > > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/7/231 > > Ok. > > > Hopefully these fix both splats and slowness. > > So again, I'm slightly confused on how RCU patches flow. Eric > originally reported the bug for which you created the patch I applied > against 3.3. The giant patch series above seems queued for 3.4. > > I don't see stable CC'd on 45-47, nor any of Steven's patches. I doubt > I'd want to go applying the 47-patch series on 3.3 at the moment, and > given you have these marked for 3.4 I don't think you do either. > However, is there some kind of fix for the original bug report against > 3.3?
I was being sincere when I asked the above questions. Could you describe how you handle RCU patches across releases and if there is a fix for the 3.3-rcX issue Eric reported that is going into 3.3?
I know you're quite busy, but I'd like to understand your thinking so I know what to expect going forward.
josh
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