Re: [NFS] nfs or autofs related hangs

From: Ian Kent
Date: Sun Feb 15 2004 - 20:13:08 EST


On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Rusty Russell wrote:

> In message <Pine.LNX.4.58.0402082326270.5926@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you write:
> > +static spinlock_t waitq_lock __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
>
> Is this __cacheline_aligned_in_smp really required?
>

I must admit I put this together without much thought with a "cut and
paste".

But, please tell me. I'm not entirely clear on what conditions I
should be concerned about blowing the cache.

Ian

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