Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:00:27 -0700 | From | Stephane Eranian <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386 adds smp_call_function_single |
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Dave,
On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 01:52:39PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 06:24:22AM -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Continiung the series of small patches necessary for the perfmon subsystem, here > > is a patch that adds support for the smp_call_function_single() function for i386. > > It exists for almost all other architectures but i386. The perfmon subsystem > > needs it in one case to free some state on a designated remote CPU. > > > > Changelog: > > - adds smp_call_function_single() to i386 tree. This function > > is used to invoked a procedure on a designated remote CPU. > > The naming seems a little strange to me. Something like > run_on_cpu() would be clearer. Less keystrokes too :) >
I agree with you that the name is a bit long but I did not invent it. The same function name is used for this functionality on IA-64 and X86-64.
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