Re: [PATCH] 2.5.1-pre5: per-cpu areas

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 10:03:47 EST

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Hi!

> On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 09:09:35AM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> The following patch implements convenient per-cpu areas:
> DECLARE_PER_CPU(int myvar);
>
> Where or why do we need this?

DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task *current). Same for slab quick-alloc
lists, performance counters, ...
Pavel

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