linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2] use per cpu data for single cpu ipi calls

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Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:25:48 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, npiggin@...e.de,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] use per cpu data for single cpu ipi calls

On Friday 30 January 2009 04:38:23 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > 
> > Actually, we are locking against the destination CPU.
> 
> Oh.
> 
> THAT'S JUST INCOMPETENT.
> 
> What the *fuck* is the point of having per-CPU data, and then using it for 
> the wrong CPU?

Maybe we made it too easy to declare and use per-cpu data?

Could we use an nr_cpu_ids array?  Yes, it needs alloc at boot somewhere, but
it avoids collateral damage to other percpu data (and please don't suggest DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED: that's just antisocial).

Thanks,
Rusty.
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