Re: [PATCH 3/6] Squashfs: add multi-threaded decompression using percpu variables

2013-11-18 Thread Minchan Kim
Hello Phillip, Sorry for late response. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 05:04:36PM +, Phillip Lougher wrote: > CCing Junjiro Okijima and Stephen Hemminger > > On 08/11/13 02:42, Minchan Kim wrote: > > > >Hello Phillip, > > > >On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 08:24:22PM +, Phillip Lougher wrote: > >>Add a

Re: [PATCH 3/6] Squashfs: add multi-threaded decompression using percpu variables

2013-11-18 Thread J. R. Okajima
Phillip Lougher: > CCing Junjiro Okijima and Stephen Hemminger Thank you for CCing, and sorry for my slow responce. > >> Using percpu variables has advantages and disadvantages over > >> implementations which do not use percpu variables. > >> > >> Advantages: the nature of percpu variables ensu

Re: [PATCH 3/6] Squashfs: add multi-threaded decompression using percpu variables

2013-11-14 Thread Phillip Lougher
CCing Junjiro Okijima and Stephen Hemminger On 08/11/13 02:42, Minchan Kim wrote: Hello Phillip, On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 08:24:22PM +, Phillip Lougher wrote: Add a multi-threaded decompression implementation which uses percpu variables. Using percpu variables has advantages and disadvant

Re: [PATCH 3/6] Squashfs: add multi-threaded decompression using percpu variables

2013-11-07 Thread Minchan Kim
Hello Phillip, On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 08:24:22PM +, Phillip Lougher wrote: > Add a multi-threaded decompression implementation which uses > percpu variables. > > Using percpu variables has advantages and disadvantages over > implementations which do not use percpu variables. > > Advantages:

[PATCH 3/6] Squashfs: add multi-threaded decompression using percpu variables

2013-11-07 Thread Phillip Lougher
Add a multi-threaded decompression implementation which uses percpu variables. Using percpu variables has advantages and disadvantages over implementations which do not use percpu variables. Advantages: the nature of percpu variables ensures decompression is load-balanced across the multiple core