linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] Implement per-processor data areas for i386.

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Date:	Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:06:02 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@...puserve.com>
To:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...x01.fht-esslingen.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] Implement per-processor data areas for
  i386.

In-Reply-To: <20060827172155.GA21724@...x01.fht-esslingen.de>

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:21:55 +0200, Andreas Mohr wrote:

> Something like that had to be done eventually about the inefficient
> current_thread_info() mechanism, but I wasn't sure what exactly.

In 2.6.18 it's done in C and the optimizer does a pretty good job
with it in recent compilers.

-- 
Chuck

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