Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761558AbZCYN0V (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:26:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756686AbZCYN0E (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:26:04 -0400 Received: from mtagate8.de.ibm.com ([195.212.29.157]:40239 "EHLO mtagate8.de.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756505AbZCYN0C (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:26:02 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:25:25 +0100 From: Martin Schwidefsky To: Tejun Heo Cc: Ingo Molnar , rusty@rustcorp.com.au, tglx@linutronix.de, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, Paul Mundt , rmk@arm.linux.org.uk, starvik@axis.com, ralf@linux-mips.org, davem@davemloft.net, cooloney@kernel.org, kyle@mcmartin.ca, matthew@wil.cx, grundler@parisc-linux.org, takata@linux-m32r.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org, rth@twiddle.net, ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com Subject: Re: [GIT RFC] percpu: use dynamic percpu allocator as the default percpu allocator Message-ID: <20090325142525.2d31c522@skybase> In-Reply-To: <49CA2FBF.9000207@kernel.org> References: <1236671631-9305-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> <20090316190132.7965a49a@skybase> <49C300D8.5080204@kernel.org> <49C8FAC4.6060508@kernel.org> <20090325122738.42d105b7@skybase> <49CA1AC3.9080908@kernel.org> <20090325122241.GE11571@elte.hu> <49CA2345.70204@kernel.org> <20090325141330.2717dc97@skybase> <49CA2FBF.9000207@kernel.org> Organization: IBM Corporation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 839 Lines: 26 On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:21:03 +0900 Tejun Heo wrote: > Martin Schwidefsky wrote: > >> Martin's original patch should do the trick although it would be > >> slower for static symbols. I'll merge it and post the tree. > > > > No, my original patch doesn't work. It will break modules that use > > static per-cpu variables. > > Oops. Even with the default offset adding macros? Heh... I think it > would be best to wait for your fix then. We could use HAVE_LEGACY_PER_CPU_AREA for the time being. -- blue skies, Martin. "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin. -- 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/