On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > > +DEFINE_PER_CPU(irq_cpustat_t, irq_stat) > > ____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp; > > Why is this marked ____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp?
In order to avoid potential false aliasing I guess. irq_cpustat_t is already marked ___cacheline_aligned though which should be sufficient. Shai? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/