Re: [patch 02/14] x86/apic: Implement single target IPI function for x2apic_cluster

From	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [patch 02/14] x86/apic: Implement single target IPI function for x2apic_cluster
Date	2015-11-05 09:10 +0100
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:38 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > but in the above sequence I think we can do even better: we don't need the
> > local_irq_save()/restore() I think.
> 
> Right. Thomas added that one to my patch.
> 
> I don't think he realized just *how* trivial sending a single IPI is
> with the x2apic, and just how horribly nasty the mask case is in
> comparison (and how nasty it is that we historically turn a the single
> ipi into a mask).

Yeah, I was too tired to look at the details. Will fix that up for the
other trivial cases as well.

Thanks,

	tglx
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[patch 00/14] x86/apic: Implement single target IPI callback Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-11-05 00:10 +0100
  [patch 06/14] x86/apic: Remove pointless indirections from bigsmp_apic Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-11-05 00:10 +0100
    [tip:x86/apic] x86/apic:   Remove pointless indirections from bigsmp_apic tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-11-05 15:50 +0100
  [patch 01/14] x86/apic: Add a single-target IPI function to the apic Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-11-05 00:10 +0100
    [tip:x86/apic] x86/apic:   Add a single-target IPI function to the apic tip-bot for Linus Torvalds <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-11-05 15:50 +0100
  [patch 05/14] x86/apic: Wire up single IPI for apic_physflat Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-11-05 00:10 +0100
    [tip:x86/apic] x86/apic: Wire up single IPI for apic_physflat tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-11-05 15:50 +0100
  [patch 04/14] x86/apic: Remove pointless indirections from  apic_physflat Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-11-05 00:10 +0100
    [tip:x86/apic] x86/apic:   Remove pointless indirections from apic_physflat tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-11-05 15:50 +0100
  [patch 08/14] x86/apic: Implement single IPI for x2apic_phys Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-11-05 00:10 +0100
    [tip:x86/apic] x86/apic: Implement single IPI for x2apic_phys tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-11-05 15:50 +0100
  [patch 02/14] x86/apic: Implement single target IPI function for  x2apic_cluster Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-11-05 00:10 +0100
    Re: [patch 02/14] x86/apic: Implement single target IPI function for x2apic_cluster Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-05 08:10 +0100
      Re: [patch 02/14] x86/apic: Implement single target IPI function  for x2apic_cluster Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-11-05 09:10 +0100
    Re: [patch 02/14] x86/apic: Implement single target IPI function for  x2apic_cluster Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-11-05 08:10 +0100
    [tip:x86/apic] x86/apic:   Implement single target IPI function for x2apic_cluster tip-bot for Linus Torvalds <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-11-05 15:50 +0100
  [patch 10/14] x86/apic: Implement single IPI for apic_noop Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-11-05 00:10 +0100
    [tip:x86/apic] x86/apic: Implement single IPI for apic_noop tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-11-05 15:50 +0100

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