linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: use this_cpu_xxx replace percpu

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Message-ID: <4ED8BD00.4000500@trash.net>
Date:	Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:56:48 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	"Alex,Shi" <alex.shi@...el.com>
CC:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>,
	"tj@...nel.org" <tj@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"avi@...hat.com" <avi@...hat.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl" <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"jeremy@...source.com" <jeremy@...source.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: use this_cpu_xxx replace percpu_xxx funcs

On 02.12.2011 03:33, Alex,Shi wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 17:00 +0800, Alex,Shi wrote:
>> On Thu, 2011-10-20 at 16:38 +0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>>> Le jeudi 20 octobre 2011 à 15:32 +0800, Alex,Shi a écrit :
>>>> percpu_xxx funcs are duplicated with this_cpu_xxx funcs, so replace them
>>>> for further code clean up.
>>>>
>>>> And in preempt safe scenario, __this_cpu_xxx funcs has a bit better
>>>> performance since __this_cpu_xxx has no redundant preempt_disable()
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  net/netfilter/xt_TEE.c |   12 ++++++------
>>>>  net/socket.c           |    4 ++--
>>>>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>>>
>>> Thanks !
>>
>> Anyone like to pick up this patch? or more comments for this? 
> 
> Kaber, David: 
> I appreciate for your any comments on this. Could you like do me a
> favor? 

No objections from me.
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