Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751219AbVK3Nc5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:32:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751220AbVK3Nc5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:32:57 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:9925 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751219AbVK3Nc5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:32:57 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] x86-64 put current in r10 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Andi Kleen Cc: Benjamin LaHaise , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20051130130216.GL19515@wotan.suse.de> References: <20051130042118.GA19112@kvack.org> <20051130130216.GL19515@wotan.suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:32:51 +0100 Message-Id: <1133357572.2825.35.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 1.8 (+) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (1.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [213.93.14.173 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 1.7 RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL RBL: NJABL: dialup sender did non-local SMTP [213.93.14.173 listed in combined.njabl.org] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1003 Lines: 22 On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 14:02 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 11:21:18PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > > Hello Andi, > > > > The following emails contain the patches to convert x86-64 to store current > > in r10 (also at http://www.kvack.org/~bcrl/patches/v2.6.15-rc3/). This > > provides a significant amount of code savings (~43KB) over the current > > use of the per cpu data area. I also tested using r15, but that generated > > code that was larger than that generated with r10. This code seems to be > > working well for me now (it stands up to 32 and 64 bit processes and ptrace > > users) and would be a good candidate for further exposure. > > Looks good thanks. It will need longer testing though. is it -mm ready? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/