On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Pekka J Enberg wrote: > As suggested by William, free the actual pages in a batch so that we > don't keep pounding on l3->list_lock.
This means holding the l3->list_lock for a prolonged time period. The existing code was done this way in order to make sure that the interrupt holdoffs are minimal. There is no pounding. The cacheline with the list_lock is typically held until the draining is complete. While we drain the freelist we need to be able to respond to interrupts. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
