This patch set adds support for __read_mostly - a separate section which is used to hold data which is hardly ever written.
The idea behind this feature is to reduce the amount of cache line bouncing between SMP cores by avoiding this data sharing cache lines with data which is written more frequently. As long as a cache line is not dirtied, several cores can keep a copy of the data in their caches. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
