linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC V5 00/11] Paravirtualized ticketlocks

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Date:	Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:12:47 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
CC:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Xen Devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V5 00/11] Paravirtualized ticketlocks

On 10/14/2011 12:10 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> We probably don't want all those implementations (near) inline, so they
> would end up being plain function calls anyway.
> 

I would not object if the native one was closer, though; especially in
term of source text (the current level of macroization of some
operations is horrific.)

	-hpa


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