linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] v3 RCU: the bloatwatch edition

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Message-ID: <87prfukz46.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:52:41 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, niv@...ibm.com, dvhltc@...ibm.com,
	dhowells@...hat.com, lethal@...ux-sh.org, kernel@...tstofly.org,
	matthew@....cx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] v3 RCU: the bloatwatch edition

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:36:05 +0200
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Andrew, what do you think?
>
> I'm really struggling to see how the 900-odd bytes saved justifies
> creating (yet another) variant of core kernel machinery.

Also it's unclear if anything special cased !SMP is worth it for the
future.  After all multi core or SMT is becoming more and more common even in
the embedded world.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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