Re: [PATCH] Cpuset: rcu optimization of page alloc hook

[Christoph Lameter]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Paul Jackson wrote:

> So my intuition is:
>   If read alot but seldom written, mark "__read_mostly".
>   If seldom read or written, leave unmarked.

Correct.

>   1) I would -not- mark "struct kmem_cache *cpuset" __read_mostly, as it
>      is rarely accessed on -any- code path, much less a hot one.  It is
>      ideal cannon fodder.

Agree.

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