public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] per-cpu patch 1/3
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:00:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D3B7532.96B78172@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020718042221.8E1DA421D@lists.samba.org

Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
> Name: Export __per_cpu_offset so modules can use per-cpu data.

ie: so modules can access per-cpu data which is defined in
vmlinux.  afaik, modules cannot define percpu.h-style per-cpu
storage of their own, yes?

That's rather a trap.  It would be nice to ensure that any
attempt to define per-cpu data in a module fails reliably
at compile-time, please.

-

  reply	other threads:[~2002-07-22  2:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-18  3:46 [PATCH] per-cpu patch 1/3 Rusty Russell
2002-07-22  3:00 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2002-07-22  5:14   ` Rusty Russell

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=3D3B7532.96B78172@zip.com.au \
    --to=akpm@zip.com.au \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=rusty@rustcorp.com.au \
    --cc=torvalds@transmeta.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox