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From: Rusty Russell <rusty-8n+1lVoiYb80n/F98K4Iww@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/1] cpumask: New cpumask API - take 2 - use unsigned longs
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:45:22 +1000
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On Wednesday 01 October 2008 08:22:09 Mike Travis wrote:
> Here's an alternate proposal for the new cpumask API.  I have not yet begun
...
> +/* cpumask_t defaults to pointer to constant bit map */
> +typedef const unsigned long *cpumask_t;

Hiding a const here is not a good idea either, I think :(

Rusty.