this_cpu: Use this_cpu operations in RCU
authorChristoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:48:23 +0000 (19:48 +0900)
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:48:23 +0000 (19:48 +0900)
RCU does not do dynamic allocations but it increments per cpu variables
a lot. These instructions results in a move to a register and then back
to memory. This patch will make it use the inc/dec instructions on x86
that do not need a register.

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

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