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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:08:48 -0800
From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix conflicting cpu_idle() declarations
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On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 07:10:38PM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> cpu_idle() declared/defined in
> init/main.c:				void cpu_idle(void)
> i386/kernel/process.c			void cpu_idle(void)
> i386/kernel/smpboot.c:		int  cpu_idle(void)
> i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c:	int  cpu_idle(void)
> ppc/kernel/idle.c:			int  cpu_idle(void)
> ppc/kernel/smp.c:			int  cpu_idle(void *unused)
> ppc64/kernel/idle.c:			int  cpu_idle(void)
> ppc64/kernel/smp.c:			int  cpu_idle(void *unused)
> sparc/kernel/process.c:		int  cpu_idle(void)
> sparc64/kernel/process.c:		int  cpu_idle(void)
> sh/kernel/process.c:			void cpu_idle(void *unused)
> sh/kernel/smp.c:			int  cpu_idle(void *unused)
> ia64/kernel/smpboot.c:		int  cpu_idle(void)
> ia64/kernel/process.c:		void cpu_idle(void *unused)

It's remarkable that several arches are internally inconsistent. Anyway,
this will likely be a shoo-in, as it removes more code than it adds. The
mess surrounding cpu_idle() has been aggravating for some time.


-- wli