linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86: Define early read-mostly per-cpu macros

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Message-ID: <20120521084626.GD31407@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 May 2012 10:46:26 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Vlad Zolotarov <vlad@...lemp.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Shai Fultheim (Shai@...leMP.com)" <Shai@...leMP.com>,
	Ido Yariv <ido@...ery.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86: Define early read-mostly per-cpu macros


* Vlad Zolotarov <vlad@...lemp.com> wrote:

> Some read-mostly per-cpu data may need to be declared or defined early,
> so it can be initialized and accessed before per_cpu areas are
> allocated.
> 
> Only the data that resides in the per_cpu areas should be read-mostly,
> as there is little benefit in optimizing cache lines on initialization.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <vlad@...lemp.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Yariv <ido@...ery.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim <shai@...lemp.com>

That's not a valid signoff chain. If you send me a patch then 
you should be the last SOB - but as the author you should be the 
first SOB as well. I edited the two SOBs to be Acked-by's.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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