Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:10:45 -0800 | From | Mike Travis <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 05/10] x86_64: Use generic percpu |
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Mike Travis wrote: > Ingo Molnar wrote: >> * Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote: >> >>>> Also for such changes .text size comparisons before/after are a good >>>> idea. >>> x86_64-defconfig: >>> >>> pre-percpu post-percpu >>> 159373 .init.text +3 .init.text >>> 1411137 .rodata +8 .rodata >>> 3629056 .text +48 .text >>> 7057383 Total +59 Total >> ok, that looks like really minimal impact, so i'm in favor of merging >> this into arch/x86 - and the unification it does later on is nice too. >> >> to get more test feedback: what would be the best way to get this tested >> in x86.git in a standalone way? Can i just pick up these 10 patches and >> remove all the non-x86 arch changes, and expect it to work - or are the >> other percpu preparatory/cleanup patches in -mm needed too? >> >> Ingo > > I've tested some x86_64 configs but the UP model is currently broken so I > haven't been able to test that. (the "fs/nfs/super.c" build problem with > TASK_NORMAL and TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE undefined.) > > Thanks, > Mike
Sorry, I guess I didn't exactly answer the question. Yes, these changes are standalone.
Thanks, Mike
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