Re: [PATCH 03/17] x86-64: Convert irqstacks to per-cpu

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:

> Hello, Ingo, Brian.
> 
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >> Sure, that's an option too but it might as well be done when making 
> >> those percpu variables.  I don't really see why those two changes should 
> >> be separate.  There isn't any reason why they shouldn't be separate 
> >> either but if you're already mucking around every user...
> > 
> > yes, we should do the rename in this same patch as both patches have no 
> > impact on the actual kernel image. (sans source code line and string 
> > related deltas in the image.) Feel free to do the rename in his patch - 
> > that's the fastest way.
> > 
> > I'd suggest to rename from:
> > 
> >   DECLARE_PER_CPU(char, irqstack[IRQSTACKSIZE]);
> >   DECLARE_PER_CPU(char *, irqstackptr);
> > 
> > to:
> > 
> >   DECLARE_PER_CPU(char, irq_stack[IRQSTACKSIZE]);
> >   DECLARE_PER_CPU(char *, irq_stack_ptr);
> > 
> > In other cases, lets get Brian's patches in without further latencies so 
> > that we drain his pending-patches pipeline and get a consolidated base 
> > everyone can work from. Brian already had an unfortunate (and 
> > time-consuming) rebase/conflict-resolution pass due to us moving the 
> > percpu code from under him. We can do non-critical followups in separate 
> > delta patches.
> 
> Alright, there are other places where renaming would be nice -
> kernelstack, oldrsp, irqcount, irqstackptr and isidle.  I'll rename
> them as I add the patches.  Here's the plan.

yeah. Please also rename IRQSTACKSIZE to the muchmorereadable 
IRQ_STACK_SIZE ;-) Some keyboard must have been missing the underline key 
when this was added, it reads awful.

> 	01-04	: w/ renames
> 	05	: will mark voyage broken

(Please hold this one until James has had a chance to react.)

> 	06-12	: w/ renames
> 	13-17	: will wait for update
> 
> If anyone doesn't like it.  Please scream.

Sounds good!

	Ingo