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From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched: INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:32:42 +0200
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On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 15:18 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Friday 10 July 2009 06:57:56 am Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > +#define INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT     (1)
> 
> If the parentheses are useful or necessary, I need to be
> educated about why.  They look like superfluous paranoia to me.

They are strictly speaking superfluous, but since I already knew I'd be
adding a term I added them.