On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 04:26:19AM -0700, Saurabh Singh Sengar wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 06:34:53AM +0000, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 12:01:33AM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote: > > > > From: Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2024 8:35 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Deferring per cpu tasks > > > > > > Without the patch, I think the current CPU uses IPIs to let the other > > > CPUs, one by one, run the function calls, and synchronously waits > > > for the function calls to finish. > > > > > > IMO the patch is not "Deferring per cpu tasks". "Defer" means "let it > > > happen later". Here it schedules work items to different CPUs, and > > > the work items immediately start to run on these CPUs. > > > > > > I would suggest a more accurate subject: > > > Drivers: hv: vmbus: Run hv_synic_init() concurrently > > > > > > > It would be great to call out the "why" as well in the title, > > something like: > > > > Drivers: hv: vmbus: Speed-up booting by running hv_synic_init() concurrently > > Thanks, I can also rephrase it like below if sounds fine to you: > > Drivers: hv: vmbus: Optimize boot time by concurrent execution of hv_synic_init() > Sure, that sounds good too. Regards, Srivatsa Microsoft Linux Systems Group
