[PATCH] time_interpolator: add __read_mostly
The pointer to the current time interpolator and the current list of time
interpolators are typically only changed during bootup. Adding
__read_mostly takes them away from possibly hot cachelines.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index bf7c419..2410c18 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1354,8 +1354,8 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_TIME_INTERPOLATION
-struct time_interpolator *time_interpolator;
-static struct time_interpolator *time_interpolator_list;
+struct time_interpolator *time_interpolator __read_mostly;
+static struct time_interpolator *time_interpolator_list __read_mostly;
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(time_interpolator_lock);
static inline u64 time_interpolator_get_cycles(unsigned int src)