linux-kernel - Re: [tip:sched/core] sched: cpuacct: Use bigger percpu counter batch values for stats counters

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Date:	Tue, 12 May 2009 15:42:54 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	balajirrao@...il.com, dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	bharata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:sched/core] sched: cpuacct: Use bigger percpu counter
	batch values for stats counters


* KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> 2009/5/12 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>:
> >
> > * KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> >
> >> > or rather, to make cpuacct_batch have a sane value on UP too.
> >> > (1? 0?)
> >>
> >> umm..
> >>
> >> I've reviewed my patch again.
> >> but sched_init() already has multiple #ifdef SMP. [...]
> >
> > Patches are welcome to remove more of them.
> >
> >> [...] Thus I don't think cosmetic changing improve readability
> >> largely.
> >
> > an avoidable #ifdef should aways be avoided.
> 
> ok. I'll fix it tommorow.

With the caveat that you should do it only if i'm right and if it 
results in better code in general.

	Ingo
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