Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:19:35 -0700 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] smp: Implement serialized smp_call_function APIs |
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On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 at 13:56, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote: > > Introduce serialized smp_call_function APIs to limit the number of > concurrent smp_call_function IPIs which can be sent to a given CPU to a > maximum of two: one broadcast and one specifically targeting the CPU.
So honestly, with only one user, I think the serialization code should be solidly in that one user, not in kernel/smp.c.
Also, this kind of extra complexity does require numbers to argue for it.
Linus
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