From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756455AbYDGIRM (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:17:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753106AbYDGIQ6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:16:58 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:51790 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751493AbYDGIQ5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:16:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:16:43 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Paul Jackson Cc: Mike Travis , tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86: add cpus_scnprintf function v2 Message-ID: <20080407081643.GC3066@elte.hu> References: <20080405012447.440875000@polaris-admin.engr.sgi.com> <20080407030421.0c3f8033.pj@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080407030421.0c3f8033.pj@sgi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Paul Jackson wrote: > I still have some concerns with this cpus_scnprintf patch. > > I've taken them up with Mike offline for initial consideration. > > If others have questions, concerns or enthusiasms for this patch, Mike > and I would be interested. i dont mind the old patch either (which did an ugly temporary allocation), if it keeps the ABI. I dont think it's a big deal, lets not allow it to become a roadblock, and the overall goal of all these patches [4096 CPU support in upstream Linux] is important and i'm enthusiastic about that ;-) Ingo