From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:31:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:31:28 -0500 Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com ([192.109.197.80]:34053 "HELO wantadilla.lemis.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:31:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:39:42 +1100 From: Rusty Russell To: Robert Love Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] New per-cpu patch v2.5.1 Message-Id: <20011226113942.22bff120.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1008829509.1213.8.camel@phantasy> In-Reply-To: <1008829509.1213.8.camel@phantasy> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.6.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; powerpc-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 20 Dec 2001 01:24:45 -0500 Robert Love wrote: > On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 01:15, Rusty Russell wrote: > > After some discussion, this may be a more sane (untested) per-cpu area > > patch. It dynamically allocated the sections (and discards the > > original), which would allow (future) NUMA people to make sure their > > CPU area is allocated near them. > > > > Comments welcome, > > Would the next step be to find the various per-CPU data in the kernel > and convert it to your new form? I.e., is this a general purpose > interface for per-CPU data structures, or am I missing something Yep. One step at a time... Cheers, Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.