Re: [patch 2/3] Directed yield: direct yield of spinlocks for powerpc.

Martin Schwidefsky writes:

> Powerpc already has a directed yield for CONFIG_PREEMPT="n". To make
> it work with CONFIG_PREEMPT="y" as well the _raw_{spin,read,write}_relax
> primitives need to be defined to call __spin_yield() for spinlocks and
> __rw_yield() for rw-locks.

Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

---

• References:
  • [patch 2/3] Directed yield: direct yield of spinlocks for powerpc.
    • From: Martin Schwidefsky <[email protected]>

• Prev by Date: Re: [PATCH] Linux Markers 0.4 (+dynamic probe loader) for 2.6.17
• Next by Date: Re: __STRICT_ANSI__ checks in headers
• Previous by thread: [patch 2/3] Directed yield: direct yield of spinlocks for powerpc.
• Next by thread: [patch 1/3] Directed yield: cpu_relax variants for spinlocks and rw-locks.
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]