Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:15:05 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Use __read_mostly on some hot fs variables |
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Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > Before someone asks, it is valid to declare a pointer as 'read > mostly', even if the data pointed by the pointer is heavily modified. > hash table pointers and kmem_cache pointers are setup at boot time, so > they are perfect candidates to 'read_mostly' section. Same apply for > 'struct vfsmount *' >
Yes... why wouldn't it be if the variable is only written to once? This is _exactly_ what __read_mostly section is for, isn't it?
Patch looks good though.
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