linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define new percpu interface for shared data -- version 3

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Date:	Fri, 25 May 2007 10:43:24 +0100
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org>,
	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>, clameter@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define new percpu interface for shared data -- version 3

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 02:13:24PM -0700, Yu, Fenghua wrote:
> Yes, in theory, sharing shared percpu data with local percpu data in one
> cache line can cause cache line contention between remote and local
> access.

What's "shared percpu data" ?  It sounds to me like a contradiction in
terms.  Isn't percpu data supposed to only be accessed by the CPU which
owns it to prevent cache line bouncing?  In which case, what's the point
of sharing that data with other CPUs?  Surely "shared percpu data" is
just the same as normal data?

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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