linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] x86,pat Convert memtype_lock into an rw

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Date:	Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:21:23 -0800
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	"holt@....com" <holt@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...il.com>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] x86,pat Convert memtype_lock into an rw_lock.

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 06:21 -0700, holt@....com wrote:
> Convert the memtype_lock from a spin_lock to an rw_lock.  The first
> version of my patch had this and it did improve performance for fault
> in times.  The atomic page flags patch (first in the series) improves
> things much greater for ram pages.  This patch is to help the other pages.
> 

Acked-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>

X86 folks, can you please queue  both these patches if you don't have
any objections.

thanks,
suresh

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