On 11/17/2011 08:00 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: >> >> I don't mind if I add __read_mostly here, but I think it's not >> necessary because this variable is seldom read as well. > > The definition of __read_mostly is that it moves this variable to a cold cache area. > Which is what you want. > Not really. __read_mostly moves a variable to an area that is expected to spent most its time in the cache-shared state and rarely be invalidated. It does NOT mean that it is cold. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
