Re: [RFC 00/15] x86_64: Optimize percpu accesses

[H. Peter Anvin]

Mike Travis wrote:
> I was thinking that supporting virtual percpu addresses would take a fair
> amount of code that, if living in a MODULE, wouldn't impact small systems.
> But it seems to be not worth the effort... ;-)

No, and it seems pretty toxic.  If we're doing virtual, they should 
almost certainly always be virtual (except perhaps on UP.)  Page size is 
a separate issue.

	-hpa
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