Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: allocate cpumask during check irq vectors

[Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>]

On 01/26/2014 03:29 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I strongly disagree with putting variables in file scope when function scope will do, but I do like to see static variables before automatics.  Anyway, this is bikeshedding.
> 
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>>
>>> s/global/static/, with a big loud comment why it is okay.
>>
>> It would be a global no matter which form we use, but for 
>> maintainability reasons I generally prefer a static put right before 
>> the function that uses it:
>>
>> 	static cpumask_t mask;
>>
>> 	static func(...)
>> 	{
>> 	}
>>
>> That makes it really apparent that it's a global - statics are easily 
>> missed when hiding amongst local variables.

Okay, thanks for the input -- I'll put something together and test.

P.

>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> 	Ingo
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