Re: [patch 01/28] cpu alloc: The allocator

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Nov 13 2007 - 21:02:18 EST


From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:57:15 -0800 (PST)

> Hmmmm. cpu_alloc really does not need zeroed data. Just an address
> fixed by the compiler where stuff can be put. Can the loader do that
> somehow?

Yes, and I think IA64 uses such a scheme for it's 64KB fixed
per-cpu TLB mapping thing doesn't it?
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