Re: mips64_send_ipi() can block

2015-07-13 Thread Miod Vallat
> Function mips64_send_ipi() will block if the target core has a pending > IPI request. This will degrade performance in a system that has more > than a few cores and where there is a heavy IPI load. > > The blocking can be avoided by coalescing requests. The mips64 code > should handle this just

mips64_send_ipi() can block

2015-07-13 Thread Visa Hankala
Function mips64_send_ipi() will block if the target core has a pending IPI request. This will degrade performance in a system that has more than a few cores and where there is a heavy IPI load. The blocking can be avoided by coalescing requests. The mips64 code should handle this just fine. The on