Re: [PATCH 10/10] softirq: Remove __ARCH_SET_SOFTIRQ_PENDING

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 07:52:25AM +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:08:36 +0200
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 04:53:43PM +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> > > The lowcore optimization for softirq_pending field is not really needed,
> > > just nice to have. But if there is a strong reason to make a common
> > > definition for it we can certainly do that.  
> > 
> > A slightly related question; would it make sense to move all kernel
> > static per-cpu stuff into lowcore, or is that asking for too much
> > trickery?
>  
> The space in lowcore is quite limited, for zArch the structure is 8K with
> many pre-defined fields. I fear that putting all of the static per-cpu
> stuff in there is too much. 
> 
> So far I used the lowcore as optimization for selected per-cpu fields
> which are performance relevant.

Fair enough; and yes 8k isn't much. Thanks for the info.