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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 13:06:00 -0800 From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> To: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>, Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH wq/for-3.9] workqueue: move nr_running into worker_pool On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:39:44AM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote: > As nr_running is likely to be accessed from other CPUs during > try_to_wake_up(), it was kept outside worker_pool; however, while less > frequent, other fields in worker_pool are accessed from other CPUs > for, e.g., non-reentrancy check. Also, with recent pool related > changes, accessing nr_running matching the worker_pool isn't as simple > as it used to be. > > Move nr_running inside worker_pool. Keep it aligned to cacheline and > define CPU pools using DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(). This should > give at least the same cacheline behavior. > > get_pool_nr_running() is replaced with direct pool->nr_running > accesses. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> > Cc: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com> Applied to wq/for-3.9. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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