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xen-devel
RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH4/6] cpuidle: remove hpet access in hpet_broadcast
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Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH4/6] cpuidle: remove hpet access in hpet_broadcast_exit |
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"Wei, Gang" <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx> |
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Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:52:17 +0800 |
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[Xen-devel] [PATCH4/6] cpuidle: remove hpet access in hpet_broadcast_exit |
On Thursday, 2010-6-17 4:26 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 17.06.10 at 09:38, "Wei, Gang" <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> BTW, move the cpumask set out of critial section in
>> hpet_broadcast_enter to shorten it.
>
> Could you explain why you can move it out of the locked section for
> _enter(), but can't for _exit() - this isn't obvious to me (and would
> perhaps deserve a comment in the sources).
Keeping cpumask clear within the locked section in _exit() to avoid
handle_hpet_broadcast() to access other cpu's timer_deadline_start/end after
the other cpu's mask was cleared. For set, there are no such issue. And cpumask
set/clear it self should be atom type.
Jimmy
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