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SubjectRe: [patch 02/20] make the inode i_mmap_lock a reader/writer lock

* Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> > Have you done anything more with allowing > 256 CPUS in this
> > spinlock patch? We've been testing with 1k cpus and to verify with
> > -mm kernel, we need to "unpatch" these spinlock changes.
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Actually I had it in my mind that 64 bit used single-byte locking like
> i386, so I didn't think I'd caused a regression there.
>
> I'll take a look at fixing that up now.

thanks - this is a serious showstopper for the ticket spinlock patch.

( which has otherwise been performing very well in x86.git so far - it
has passed a few thousand bootup tests on 64-bit and 32-bit as well,
so we are close to it being in a mergable state. Would be a pity to
lose it due to the 256 cpus limit. )

Ingo


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