* [PATCH] x86_64 : bring back __read_mostly support to linux-2.6.17-rc2
@ 2006-04-19 13:30 Eric Dumazet
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From: Eric Dumazet @ 2006-04-19 13:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton, linux kernel; +Cc: Andi Kleen, Ravikiran G Thirumalai
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It seems latest kernel (2.6.17-rc2) has a wrong/missing __read_mostly
implementation for x86_64
__read_mostly macro should be declared outside of #if CONFIG_X86_VSMP block
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
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--- a/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h 2006-04-19 12:43:14.000000000 +0200
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h 2006-04-19 14:11:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
__attribute__((__section__(".data.page_aligned")))
#endif
-#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
-
#endif
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
#endif
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