[PATCH] cpuset: mark number_of_cpusets read_mostly
authorPaul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Sun, 8 Jan 2006 09:02:03 +0000 (01:02 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Mon, 9 Jan 2006 04:13:45 +0000 (20:13 -0800)
commit7edc59628b2f5d6516b4677b3b56f5f056e45cd9
treecc0f07bc07156c6f805a72c39ae2d5655a97fede
parent6b9c2603ce07f70de9c7a8d335ecd028e8ff11f3
[PATCH] cpuset: mark number_of_cpusets read_mostly

Mark cpuset global 'number_of_cpusets' as __read_mostly.

This global is accessed everytime a zone is considered in the zonelist loops
beneath __alloc_pages, looking for a free memory page.  If number_of_cpusets
is just one, then we can short circuit the mems_allowed check.

Since this global is read alot on a hot path, and written rarely, it is an
excellent candidate for __read_mostly.

Thanks to Christoph Lameter for the suggestion.

Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
kernel/cpuset.c