Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756520AbZLISKr (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:10:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756557AbZLISKl (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:10:41 -0500 Received: from relay1.sgi.com ([192.48.179.29]:37202 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756414AbZLISKl (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:10:41 -0500 Message-ID: <4B1FE81F.30408@sgi.com> Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:10:39 -0800 From: Mike Travis User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christoph Lameter CC: tony.luck@intel.com, Andrew Morton , Jan Beulich , Tejun Heo , linux-mm@kvack.org, Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end References: <4B1D3A3302000078000241CD@vpn.id2.novell.com> <20091207153552.0fadf335.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4B1E1B1B0200007800024345@vpn.id2.novell.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1128 Lines: 30 Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> According to Tejun the problem is just cosmetic (i.e. causes build >> warnings), since the functions affected aren't being used (yet) on >> ia64. So feel free to drop the patch again, given that he has a patch >> queued to address the issue by renaming the arch variable. > > I thought the new code must be used in order for the new percpu allocator > to work? Or is this referring to other code? > >> I wonder though why that code is being built on ia64 at all if it's not >> being used (i.e. why it doesn't depend on a CONFIG_*, HAVE_*, or >> NEED_* manifest constant). > > Tony: Can you confirm that the new percpu stuff works on IA64? (Or is > there nobody left to care?) Christoph, I have access to a 640p system for a couple more weeks if there's anything you'd like me to check out. Thanks, Mike -- 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/