Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753814AbYKZNnG (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:43:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752023AbYKZNmz (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:42:55 -0500 Received: from www.tglx.de ([62.245.132.106]:33721 "EHLO www.tglx.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751776AbYKZNmy (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:42:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:41:40 +0100 (CET) From: Thomas Gleixner To: eranian@googlemail.com cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu, x86@kernel.org, andi@firstfloor.org, eranian@gmail.com, sfr@canb.auug.org.au Subject: Re: [patch 06/24] perfmon: generic x86 definitions (x86) In-Reply-To: <492d0be4.09b6660a.1678.ffffa78b@mx.google.com> Message-ID: References: <492d0be4.09b6660a.1678.ffffa78b@mx.google.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 584 Lines: 19 On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, eranian@googlemail.com wrote: > This patch adds definitions for the perfmon interrupt vector > and thread info flags. It is common to i386 and x86_64 code. > +#define TIF_PERFMON_WORK 9 /* work for pfm_handle_work() */ I can see the requirement for an apic vector, but why do you need a TIF flag ? Thanks, tglx -- 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/