Re: [PATCH UPDATED] percpu: use dynamic percpu allocator as thedefault percpu allocator

[Ingo Molnar]

* Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > A sub-sub argument was that perhaps we should not split .data 
> > and .bss variables into separate sections - it doubles the 
> > chance of false cacheline sharing and spreads the cacheline 
> > footprint.
> 
> False cacheline sharing is something normal that comes with the 
> cpu caching schemes. As long as there is no significant impact on 
> performance we are fine with it. Extensive measures to avoid false 
> cacheline sharing on unimportant variables increases the cache 
> footprint of code.

You didnt really answer to my suggestion(s) though. You only stated 
that:

   "problem XYZ is something normal that comes with the cpu caching 
    schemes. As long as there is no significant impact on 
    performance weare fine with it."

Which i'd proffer is true for any given value of XYZ ;-)

	Ingo
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