On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:02:30 +0800 Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Use the new macros to correctly align percpu readmostly data. > > Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S 2010-12-02 09:48:44.000000000 +0800 > +++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S 2010-12-02 09:54:24.000000000 +0800 > @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ SECTIONS > * output PHDR, so the next output section - .init.text - should > * start another segment - init. > */ > - PERCPU_VADDR(0, :percpu) > + PERCPU_VADDR_CACHEALIGNED(0, :percpu, INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES) > #endif > > INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE) > @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ SECTIONS > } > > #if !defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || !defined(CONFIG_SMP) > - PERCPU(THREAD_SIZE) > + PERCPU_CACHEALIGNED(THREAD_SIZE, INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES) > #endif > > . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); > So what is the situation now with all other architectures? Should they be changed to correctly align their read-mostly percpu areas? If so, what should the arch maintainers do to achieve this? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html