Re: [PATCH] cleancache: use __read_mostly for cleancache_enabled

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Sun May 29 2011 - 20:41:19 EST


On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The global variable cleancache_enabled is read often but written to
> rarely. Use __read_mostly to prevent it being on the same cacheline as
> another variable which is written to often, which would cause cacheline
> bouncing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>


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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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