[PATCH] s390: external call performance
authorHeiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:45:00 +0000 (11:45 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:26:04 +0000 (16:26 -0700)
The kernel uses the SIGP external call order code to signal other CPUs.  When
running with dedicated CPUs external calls don't get delivered immediately but
within a fixed polling invervall.  This can lead to delays where the system
appears to do nothing.  Replace the SIGP external call order with the SIGP
emergency call order since this one gets delivered immediately.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/s390/kernel/head.S
arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
arch/s390/kernel/s390_ext.c
arch/s390/kernel/smp.c

Simple merge
Simple merge
Simple merge
Simple merge