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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 09:39:54 -0700
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] x86: reduce paravirtualized spinlock overhead
On 04/30/2015 03:53 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Paravirtualized spinlocks produce some overhead even if the kernel is
> running on bare metal. The main reason are the more complex locking
> and unlocking functions. Especially unlocking is no longer just one
> instruction but so complex that it is no longer inlined.
>
> This patch series addresses this issue by adding two more pvops
> functions to reduce the size of the inlined spinlock functions. When
> running on bare metal unlocking is again basically one instruction.
Out of curiosity, is there a measurable difference?
J
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