Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end

Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09T17:31:20Z

On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Jan Beulich wrote:

> According to Tejun the problem is just cosmetic (i.e. causes build
> warnings), since the functions affected aren't being used (yet) on
> ia64. So feel free to drop the patch again, given that he has a patch
> queued to address the issue by renaming the arch variable.

I thought the new code must be used in order for the new percpu allocator
to work? Or is this referring to other code?

> I wonder though why that code is being built on ia64 at all if it's not
> being used (i.e. why it doesn't depend on a CONFIG_*, HAVE_*, or
> NEED_* manifest constant).

Tony: Can you confirm that the new percpu stuff works on IA64? (Or is
there nobody left to care?)