Re: [PATCH]: arm64: factor work_pending state machine to C

From	Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH]: arm64: factor work_pending state machine to C
Date	2016-07-11 13:50 +0200
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On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 04:49:01PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 11:43:50AM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> > I am hopeful that this patch [1] can be picked up for the 4.8 merge window
> > in the arm64 tree.  As I mentioned in my last patch series that included
> > this patch [2], I'm hopeful that this version addresses the performance
> > issues that were seen with Mark's original patch.  This version tests the
> > TIF flags prior to calling out to the loop in C code.
> 
> I still need to get round to measuring that again. This might also
> conflict with a late fix I just sent for 4.7.

FWIW, I've failed to measure any performance overhead from this change,
so it certainly looks better thsn Mark's original patch from that angle.

Will

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Re: [PATCH]: arm64: factor work_pending state machine to C Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-07-11 13:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH]: arm64: factor work_pending state machine to C Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> - 2016-07-11 14:30 +0200

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