Hi all:
2011/2/18 John Mahoney <jmahoney@xxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:17 AM, loody <miloody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> hi :-)
>>
>> 2011/2/16 Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Hi :)
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:59, Rajat Jain <rajatjain@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Hello loody,
>>>>
>>>>> 1. in kernel/trace, I always see "__read_mostly" at the end of
>>>>> parameter is that a compiler optimization parameter?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, it is a hint to the compiler that the parameter is mostly read, thus if the compiler has to make a decision between optimizing one of the read / write paths, it will optimize the read path even at the expense of write path.
>>>
>>>
>>> To be precise, they will be grouped into same cache line as much as
>>> possible. By doing so, those cache line won't be invalidated so often
>>> (keeping them "hot" :) hehehhe )
>>
>> I cannot find it on the gcc manual.
>> is it a option in kernel for kernel usage?
>> if so, where I can found them.
>> If not, can I use it on normal user level program?
>>
>
> It is a macro defined for x86 as:
>
> #define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data..read_mostly")))
I try to find "__read_mostly" of mips arch and below are the results I
grep on arch/
......
ia64/xen/hypervisor.c:29:struct shared_info *HYPERVISOR_shared_info
__read_mostly =
mips/kernel/irq_txx9.c:58:static struct txx9_irc_reg __iomem
*txx9_ircptr __read_mostly;
mips/kernel/irq_txx9.c:63:} txx9irq[TXx9_MAX_IR] __read_mostly;
mips/kernel/setup.c:35:struct cpuinfo_mips cpu_data[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
mips/kernel/setup.c:55:unsigned long mips_machtype __read_mostly = MACH_UNKNOWN;
mips/kernel/setup.c:72:const unsigned long mips_io_port_base __read_mostly = -1;
mips/kernel/smp.c:58:cpumask_t cpu_sibling_map[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
mips/kernel/process.c:329:static struct mips_frame_info schedule_mfi
__read_mostly;
mips/txx9/generic/irq_tx4939.c:50:} tx4939irq[TX4939_NUM_IR] __read_mostly;
mips/mm/c-r4k.c:67:static unsigned long icache_size __read_mostly;
mips/mm/c-r4k.c:68:static unsigned long dcache_size __read_mostly;
mips/mm/c-r4k.c:69:static unsigned long scache_size __read_mostly;
parisc/mm/init.c:543:unsigned long *empty_zero_page __read_mostly;
parisc/include/asm/cache.h:31:#define __read_mostly
__attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
.....
x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c:57:unsigned int __read_mostly vdso_enabled =
VDSO_DEFAULT;
x86/include/asm/cache.h:10:#define __read_mostly
__attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
Does Mips arch not use this option?
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Regards,
miloody
