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From: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpumask fallout: Initialize irq_default_affinity earlier.
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:49:18 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <496666CE.3050205@caviumnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901081227360.3283@localhost.localdomain>

Linus Torvalds wrote:
[...]
> In fact, I think it already is a no-op in the UP case, and you can 
> literally just do
> 
> 	static inline void __init init_irq_default_affinity(void)
> 	{
> 	 	alloc_cpumask_var(&irq_default_affinity, GFP_KERNEL);
> 	 	cpumask_setall(irq_default_affinity);
> 	}
> 
> and be done with it. I think it should all compile away to nothing if 
> CONFIG_SMP isn't set.

The 'inline' seems gratuitous to me.  Since it is static GCC should do 
the Right Thing.  However since you suggested it, I am testing it that way.

David Daney

  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-08 20:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-08 20:21 [PATCH] cpumask fallout: Initialize irq_default_affinity earlier David Daney
2009-01-08 20:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-01-08 20:49   ` David Daney [this message]
2009-01-08 20:56     ` Linus Torvalds
2009-01-10  5:11       ` Rusty Russell
2009-01-08 21:25     ` Mike Travis

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