Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:12:24 -0800 (PST) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [rfc 00/45] [RFC] CPU ops and a rework of per cpu data handling on x86_64 |
| |
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, David Miller wrote:
> From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> > Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:59:33 -0800 (PST) > > > In that case the generic fallbacks can just provide what you already > > have. > > I understand, I was just letting you know why we probably won't > take advantage of this new stuff :-)
On the other hand: The pointer array removal and the allocation density improvements of the cpu_alloc should also help sparc to increase the information density in cachelines and thus increase overall speed of your 64p box.
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |