Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86: implement percpu_alloc kernel parameter

[Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>]

Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 15.05.09 06:28 >>>
>> @@ -395,6 +404,16 @@ out_free_ar:
>> 	return ret;
>> }
>>
>> +/* for explicit first chunk allocator selection */
>> +static char pcpu_chosen_alloc[16] __initdata;
>> +
>> +static int __init percpu_alloc_setup(char *str)
>> +{
>> +	strncpy(pcpu_chosen_alloc, str, sizeof(pcpu_chosen_alloc) - 1);
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +early_param("percpu_alloc", percpu_alloc_setup);
>> +
>> static inline void setup_percpu_segment(int cpu)
>> {
>> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> 
> Does this really need to be early_param()? setup_per_cpu_areas()
> runs after setup_arch(), which is where the full command line
> parsing happens.

__setup() callbacks ran after PERCPU allocation.  Confirmed with
printk.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun