Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753679AbZDMTmX (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:42:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752584AbZDMTl6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:41:58 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:52364 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753363AbZDMTl5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:41:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:40:12 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Dave Jones , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, travis@sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, lenb@kernel.org Subject: Re: mmotm 2009-04-10-02-21 uploaded - forkbombed by work_for_cpu Message-ID: <20090413194012.GA12639@elte.hu> References: <200904100922.n3A9MOIV013828@imap1.linux-foundation.org> <4609.1239456126@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20090413171853.GA4601@elte.hu> <20090413102749.4ca3a217.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090413114932.44b47910.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090413190319.GA4261@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090413190319.GA4261@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 824 Lines: 27 * Dave Jones wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:49:32AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:45:45 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > IOW, why not just do > > > > > > smp_call_function_many(cmd->mask, do_drv_write, cmd, 1); > > > > > > here? > > > > > > > Didn't know it existed :( > > heh. I'm going to run with that excuse too. > Remember the days when you could fit the kernels API in your head? :) smp_call_function_many() is the modern mask-pointery version of smp_call_function_mask() - which is a pretty ancient API. Ingo -- 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/