Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:29:56 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
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       pravins@calsoftinc.com
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] net: Percpufy frequently used variables --
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Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 04:55:49PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > local_t isn't much use until we get rid of asm-generic/local.h.  Bloaty,
> > racy with nested interrupts.
> 
> The overuse of atomics is horrific in what is being proposed.

Well yeah, it wasn't really a very serious proposal.  There's some
significant work yet to be done on this stuff.

> Perhaps it's time to add a #error in asm-generic/local.h?

heh, or #warning "you suck" or something.
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