linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] trace: Make removal of ring buffer pages atomic

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Date:	Wed, 9 May 2012 10:46:20 -0700
From:	Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@...gle.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Laurent Chavey <chavey@...gle.com>,
	Justin Teravest <teravest@...gle.com>,
	David Sharp <dhsharp@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] trace: Make removal of ring buffer pages atomic

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> This is far from a hot path. In fact, it's quite slow. Lets not uglify
> code just to optimize something that's not time critical.
>
> Please combine these two into a single loop. The wait for completion is
> fine as a separate loop.
>

Sure, I will update the patch with that change. Have you found any
other issues in testing the patch?

Vaibhav Nagarnaik
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