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Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the tip tree

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the tip tree
Date 2017-03-31 16:50 +0200
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On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 06:54:48AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Argh!
> > 
> > Andrew, please drop that patch. And the x86 out-of-line of __atomic_add_unless().
> 
> Why dropping the second?  Do you have something better?

The try_cmpxchg() patches save about half the text, and do not have the
out-of-line penalty as shown here:

   https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170322165144.dtidvvbxey7w5pbd@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

> On the first there were no 0day regressions, so at least basic performance
> checking has been done.

The first is superseded by much better patches in the scheduler tree.

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linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the tip tree Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2017-03-31 07:50 +0200
  Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the tip tree Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-31 08:50 +0200
    Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the tip tree Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-31 16:00 +0200
      Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the tip tree Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-31 16:50 +0200
        Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the tip tree Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-31 18:10 +0200
          Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the tip tree Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-03-31 19:50 +0200

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