Re: [PATCH] use fget_light for network syscalls

2006-03-01 Thread David S. Miller
From: Benjamin LaHaise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:32:37 -0800 > The patch below reworks socket.c to use fget_light() in place of fget() > for the various networking syscalls. This is of particular value with > SMP kernels running on the P4 as the memory barriers the atomic op

[PATCH] use fget_light for network syscalls

2006-02-28 Thread Benjamin LaHaise
The patch below reworks socket.c to use fget_light() in place of fget() for the various networking syscalls. This is of particular value with SMP kernels running on the P4 as the memory barriers the atomic ops on the file counter causes result in the CPU having to wait for quite a few memory t