Re: [PATCH -tip v5 6/8] x86: Introduce text_poke_smp_batch() forbatch-code modifying

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 18:54 +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Introduce text_poke_smp_batch(). This function modifies several
> text areas with one stop_machine() on SMP. Because calling
> stop_machine() is heavy task, it is better to aggregate text_poke
> requests.
> 
> Frederic, I've talked with Rusty about this interface, and
> he would not like to expand stop_machine() interface, since
> it is not for generic use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good,

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve

> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---


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