Re: [PATCH 2/4] generic-smp: remove kmalloc usage

Peter Zijlstra
2009-02-17T09:50:27Z

On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 10:43 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> We should not bend backwards trying to preserve that kmalloc()
> [and prove that it's safe and race-free] - i.e. the burden of
> proof is on the person insisting that it's needed, not on the
> person wanting to remove it.

I'm not getting it, I am removing it. The only thing I want to preserve
is the multi-cast ipi and not be forced into the multiple single-ipi
path.