Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Jun 2012 21:56:57 +0300 | From | Ido Yariv <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND] x86: Avoid contention on cpa_lock if possible |
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 01:11:32AM +0300, Ido Yariv wrote: > From: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalemp.com> > > Some architectures (e.g. vSMP) do not require to serialize cpa, for > instance, by guaranteeing that the most recent TLB entry will always be > used. > > To avoid needless contention on cpa_lock, do not lock/unlock it on such > architectures. > > Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalemp.com> > [ido@wizery.com: added should_serialize_cpa, handled potential race, and > reworded the commit message] > Signed-off-by: Ido Yariv <ido@wizery.com> > ---
Ping?
Thanks, Ido.
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