Re: [PATCH] alpha: use L1_CACHE_BYTES for cacheline size in the linker script

[PATCH RESEND percpu#for-next] percpu: align percpu readmostly subsection to cacheline · Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> · 2010-12-27
Re: [PATCH RESEND percpu#for-next] percpu: align percpu readmostly subsection to cacheline · "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> · 2010-12-27
Re: [PATCH RESEND percpu#for-next] percpu: align percpu readmostly subsection to cacheline · Sam Ravnborg <hidden> · 2010-12-27
Re: [PATCH RESEND percpu#for-next] percpu: align percpu readmostly subsection to cacheline · "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> · 2010-12-27
Re: [PATCH RESEND percpu#for-next] percpu: align percpu readmostly subsection to cacheline · Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> · 2010-12-28
[PATCH] alpha: use L1_CACHE_BYTES for cacheline size in the linker script · Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> · 2010-12-28
Re: [PATCH] alpha: use L1_CACHE_BYTES for cacheline size in the linker script · Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> · 2011-01-25
Re: [PATCH RESEND percpu#for-next] percpu: align percpu readmostly subsection to cacheline · Shaohua Li <hidden> · 2010-12-28
Re: [PATCH RESEND percpu#for-next] percpu: align percpu readmostly subsection to cacheline · Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> · 2011-01-25

From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Date: 2011-01-25 13:28:46
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On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 12:33:45PM +0100, Tejun Heo wrote:

Currently the linker script uses 64 for cacheline size which isn't
optimal for all cases.  Include asm/cache.h and use L1_CACHE_BYTES
instead as suggested by Sam Ravnborg.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <redacted>

applied to percpu#for-2.6.39.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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