On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:09:13 -0700 Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > The patch titled
> >      ignore-stolen-time-in-the-softlockup-watchdog-fix
> > has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
> >      ignore-stolen-time-in-the-softlockup-watchdog-fix.patch
> >
> > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
> >
> > See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
> > out what to do about this
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > Subject: ignore-stolen-time-in-the-softlockup-watchdog-fix
> > From: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Avoid reevaluating smp_processor_id()
> >   
> 
> I don't think this is a useful patch.  Are there any architectures which
> have an expensive smp_processor_id() and use it in per_cpu?

Any which enable CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT...

>  On x86
> smp_processor_id is cheap, and once the pda->percpu patches go in, won't
> be used for get_cpu_var anyway.
> 
>     J
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