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[PATCH] (2.3.42) revised spinlock metering for ia32 & alpha

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Subject: [PATCH] (2.3.42) revised spinlock metering for ia32 & alpha
From: John Hawkes <hawkes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:03:21 -0800
Organization: Silicon Graphics
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I attach a revised version of the spinlock metering code that I
contributed last week.  This revision fixes some shortcomings that
others pointed out, i.e., reducing ia32 bus locking during spin_lock(),
and returning proper error codes and length when doing I/O to
/proc/lockmeter.  This version also supports lockmetering of Alpha
SMP kernels, as well as IA32, thanks to the contributions of Peter
Rival.

An updated "lockstat" command is also available from the website:
  http://oss.sgi.com/projects/lockmeter/download
that is compatible with the corrected /proc/lockmeter return values.

Followon work is currently in-progress to implement various enhancements
that others have suggested.

-- 
John Hawkes
(hawkes@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
http://oss.sgi.com

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