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Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip v5 6/8] x86: Introduce text_poke_smp_batch() for
 batch-code modifying
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
        Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
        Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 2nddept-manager@sdl.hitachi.co.jp,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, x86@kernel.org,
        Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
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On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 18:54 +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Introduce text_poke_smp_batch(). This function modifies several
> text areas with one stop_machine() on SMP. Because calling
> stop_machine() is heavy task, it is better to aggregate text_poke
> requests.
> 
> Frederic, I've talked with Rusty about this interface, and
> he would not like to expand stop_machine() interface, since
> it is not for generic use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>

Looks good,

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

-- Steve

> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
> ---


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