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 possible hot cachelines. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Index: linux-2.6.16-rc6/kernel/timer.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.16-rc6.orig/kernel/timer.c 2006-03-11 14:12:55.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc6/kernel/timer.c 2006-03-15 16:13:05.000000000 -0800 @@ -1354,8 +1354,8 @@ void __init init_timers(void) #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)