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Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:36:37 +0200 From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, npiggin@...e.de, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, peterz@...radead.org, sam@...nborg.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/11] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls 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@...cle.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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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