linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: introduce and use percpu

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Message-Id: <4BD04892020000780003B5D7@vpn.id2.novell.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:01:06 +0100
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...ell.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	<mingo@...e.hu>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: introduce and use percpu_inc()

>>> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> 22.04.10 08:48 >>>
>I was wondering mostly how many bytes this saved across
>the kernel.  If it saves a byte in one place it's not so interesting,
>but if it is all over it might make more sense.

It's about twenty places where this would get used.

Jan

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