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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>,
	tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, yhlu.kernel@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:48:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080815134801.GA14103@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.55.0808151303410.11843@cliff.in.clinika.pl>


* Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> wrote:

> > If that was the question, the answer would be: to unify apic_32.c 
> > and apic_64.c we first use tiny little changes to bring the two 
> > files in sync. Presumably, each such change is a NOP or at least 
> > very safe - and clearly bisectable in the worst-case.
> 
>  If the obfuscation comes from apic_64.c, then the clean-up should be 
> done in th other direction IMO.  Not everything that comes from the 
> 64-bit variation is better than its 32-bit counterpart.

yeah - in fact for most unifications we did the 32-bit counterpart was 
the cleaner one. (which is no big surprise, 80%-90% of the x86 Linux 
use, even today, is on the 32-bit side - so most developers watch that 
one.)

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-15 13:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-14 18:34 [patch 0/8] [RFC -tip] another one step toward APIC merging Cyrill Gorcunov
1970-01-01  0:00 ` [patch 1/8] x86: apic - use SET_APIC_DEST_FIELD instead of hardcoded shift Cyrill Gorcunov
1970-01-01  0:00 ` [patch 2/8] x86: apic - unify disable_apic_timer Cyrill Gorcunov
1970-01-01  0:00 ` [patch 3/8] x86: apic - unify __setup_APIC_LVTT Cyrill Gorcunov
1970-01-01  0:00 ` [patch 4/8] x86: apic - do not clear APIC twice in lapic_shutdown Cyrill Gorcunov
1970-01-01  0:00 ` [patch 5/8] x86: apic - get rid of local_apic_timer_verify_ok Cyrill Gorcunov
1970-01-01  0:00 ` [patch 6/8] x86: apic - unify verify_local_APIC Cyrill Gorcunov
1970-01-01  0:00 ` [patch 7/8] x86: apic - unify sync_Arb_IDs Cyrill Gorcunov
2008-08-14 19:41   ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2008-08-14 20:10     ` Cyrill Gorcunov
1970-01-01  0:00 ` [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC Cyrill Gorcunov
2008-08-14 19:44   ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2008-08-15  6:41     ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2008-08-15 11:51       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-15 12:15         ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2008-08-15 13:48           ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2008-08-15 14:45             ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2008-08-15 14:47               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-15 15:31               ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2008-08-15 16:35                 ` Cyrill Gorcunov

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