linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 2/4]x86: allocate 32 tlb_invalidate

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Date:	Thu, 4 Nov 2010 11:00:59 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/4]x86: allocate 32 tlb_invalidate_interrupt handlers

On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 02:44:21PM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
> Add up to 32 invalidate_interrupt handler. How many handlers are
> added depends on NUM_INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTORS. So if NUM_INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTORS
> is smaller than 32, we don't waste icache.

Just a small nit on the description: icache doesn't really
matter for init code, it's just about binary size on disk.

The patch looks ok.

-Andi
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