On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:08:53 -0700
"Siddha, Suresh B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Align the per cpu runqueue to the cacheline boundary. This will minimize the
> number of cachelines touched during remote wakeup.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
> index b9a6837..eca33c5 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched.c
> @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ struct rq {
> struct lock_class_key rq_lock_key;
> };
>
> -static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rq, runqueues);
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rq, runqueues) ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
Remember that this can consume up to (linesize-4 * NR_CPUS) bytes, which is
rather a lot.
Remember also that the linesize on VSMP is 4k.
And that putting a gap in the per-cpu memory like this will reduce its
overall cache-friendliness.
Need more convincing, please.
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