Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:36:37 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/11] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls |
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On Sat, Apr 26 2008, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:11:00PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:50:17 +0200 Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> wrote: > > > This adds kernel/smp.c which contains helpers for IPI function calls. In > > > addition to supporting the existing smp_call_function() in a more efficient > > > manner, it also adds a more scalable variant called smp_call_function_single() > > > for calling a given function on a single CPU only. > > Where is the new smp_call_function() defined? I see only the declaration. > > Probably just blind...
kernel/smp.c? Basically just a wrapper around smp_call_function_mask().
> See comments interspersed below.
Thanks a lot! I'll go over these tomorrow, the fallback graceperiod definitely looks valid.
-- Jens Axboe
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