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Re: [PATCH 00/05] robust per_cpu allocation for modules

from [Nick Piggin] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/05] robust per_cpu allocation for modules
From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:32:10 +1000
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Steven Rostedt wrote:


 would now create a variable called per_cpu_offset__myint in
the .data.percpu_offset section.  This variable will point to the (if
defined in the kernel) __per_cpu_offset[] array.  If this was a module
variable, it would point to the module per_cpu_offset[] array which is
created when the modules is loaded.


If I'm following you correctly, this adds another dependent load
to a per-CPU data access, and from memory that isn't node-affine.

If so, I think people with SMP and NUMA kernels would care more
about performance and scalability than the few k of memory this
saves.

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