Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262865AbTEGFZZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 01:25:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262869AbTEGFZZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 01:25:25 -0400 Received: from [12.47.58.20] ([12.47.58.20]:51122 "EHLO pao-ex01.pao.digeo.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262865AbTEGFZY (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 01:25:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 22:37:51 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Rusty Russell Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, paulus@samba.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kmalloc_percpu Message-Id: <20030506223751.2b49024a.akpm@digeo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030507023126.12F702C019@lists.samba.org> References: <20030506014745.02508f0d.akpm@digeo.com> <20030507023126.12F702C019@lists.samba.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 May 2003 05:37:50.0733 (UTC) FILETIME=[CC8423D0:01C3145A] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 600 Lines: 13 Rusty Russell wrote: > > I figured that since the allocator is going to be there anyway, it > made sense to express kmalloc_percpu() in those terms. If you think > the price is too high, I can respect that. I suggest that we use your new mechanism to fix DEFINE_PERCPU() in modules, and leave kmalloc_percpu() as it is for now. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/