On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 16:35 -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > Hmmm... Yes but that looks like it comes from a different function. Slab > calls > > __round_jiffies_relative(HZ, cpu)) > > And its description says: > > /** > * > * The exact rounding is skewed for each processor to avoid all > * processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead > * to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing.
> This is exactly the wrong thing to do. is it? - 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/
