Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 21:56:57 +0300
From: Ido Yariv <ido@wizery.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalemp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] x86: Avoid contention on cpa_lock if possible
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 01:11:32AM +0300, Ido Yariv wrote:
> From: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalemp.com>
> 
> Some architectures (e.g. vSMP) do not require to serialize cpa, for
> instance, by guaranteeing that the most recent TLB entry will always be
> used.
> 
> To avoid needless contention on cpa_lock, do not lock/unlock it on such
> architectures.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalemp.com>
> [ido@wizery.com: added should_serialize_cpa, handled potential race, and
>                  reworded the commit message]
> Signed-off-by: Ido Yariv <ido@wizery.com>
> ---

Ping?

Thanks,
Ido.
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