[PATCH] Additions to .data.read_mostly section
Mark variables which are usually accessed for reads with __readmostly.
Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <alokk@calsoftinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalex86.org>
Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c
index 30c843a..f062aa0 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
#endif
/* which logical CPU number maps to which CPU (physical APIC ID) */
-u8 x86_cpu_to_apicid[NR_CPUS] = { [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BAD_APICID };
+u8 x86_cpu_to_apicid[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly = { [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BAD_APICID };
EXPORT_SYMBOL(x86_cpu_to_apicid);
u8 x86_cpu_to_log_apicid[NR_CPUS] = { [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BAD_APICID };