[PATCH 00/05] robust per_cpu allocation for modules

[Paul Mackerras]

Steven Rostedt writes:

> The data in .data.percpu_offset holds is referenced by the per_cpu
> variable name which points to the __per_cpu_offset array.  For modules,
> it will point to the per_cpu_offset array of the module.
> 
> Example:
> 
>  DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, myint);
> 
>  would now create a variable called per_cpu_offset__myint in
> the .data.percpu_offset section.  This variable will point to the (if
> defined in the kernel) __per_cpu_offset[] array.  If this was a module
> variable, it would point to the module per_cpu_offset[] array which is
> created when the modules is loaded.

This sounds like you have an extra memory reference each time a
per-cpu variable is accessed.  Have you tried to measure the
performance impact of that?  If so, how much performance does it lose?

Paul.