>-----Original Message----- >From: Ingo Molnar [mailto:mingo@xxxxxxx] >Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:58 AM >To: Metzger, Markus T >* Metzger, Markus T <markus.t.metzger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > static void trace_bts_prepare(struct trace_iterator *iter) >> > { >> >- mutex_lock(&bts_tracer_mutex); >> >+ spin_lock(&bts_tracer_lock); >> > >> > on_each_cpu(trace_bts_cpu, iter->tr, 1); >> > >> >- mutex_unlock(&bts_tracer_mutex); >> >+ spin_unlock(&bts_tracer_lock); >> > } >> >> Whereas start/stop are relatively fast, the above operation is >> rather expensive. Would it make sense to use >> schedule_on_each_cpu() instead of on_each_cpu()? > >it's perfectly fine to do that on_each_cpu() under the spinlock. >schedule_on_each_cpu() would likely be more expensive - and for >no good reason. OK. And I assume you like the spinlock better than the get/put_online_cpus(), as well. regards, markus. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel GmbH Dornacher Strasse 1 85622 Feldkirchen/Muenchen Germany Sitz der Gesellschaft: Feldkirchen bei Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Douglas Lusk, Peter Gleissner, Hannes Schwaderer Registergericht: Muenchen HRB 47456 Ust.-IdNr. VAT Registration No.: DE129385895 Citibank Frankfurt (BLZ 502 109 00) 600119052 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html