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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Use macro to walk through online cpus

To: Amos Waterland <apw@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Use macro to walk through online cpus
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:15:57 +0100
Cc: Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 22/8/06 4:12 am, "Amos Waterland" <apw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There are two cases that I know of in xen/common where we waste cycles
> walking through a list from zero to NR_CPUS.  This patch makes them use
> for_each_online_cpu instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <apw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Better to use for_each_cpu() in case any arch supports CPU hotplug in
future. The wasted cycles are unimportant since these loops run only once,
at boot time.

 -- Keir



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