Re: [PATCH] i386 adds smp_call_function_single

From: Dave Jones
Date: Tue Jul 11 2006 - 13:53:30 EST


On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 06:24:22AM -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Continiung the series of small patches necessary for the perfmon subsystem, here
> is a patch that adds support for the smp_call_function_single() function for i386.
> It exists for almost all other architectures but i386. The perfmon subsystem
> needs it in one case to free some state on a designated remote CPU.
>
> Changelog:
> - adds smp_call_function_single() to i386 tree. This function
> is used to invoked a procedure on a designated remote CPU.

The naming seems a little strange to me. Something like
run_on_cpu() would be clearer. Less keystrokes too :)

Dave

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