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From: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: sfr@canb.auug.org.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, rusty@rustcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: cpumask change causes sparc build bustage
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <496A72B3.8010105@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090111.135029.199678338.davem@davemloft.net>

David Miller wrote:
> From: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:49:46 -0800
> 
>> Thanks for fixing it.  In actuality though, it should return cpu_mask_all
>> instead of CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR but that's a small nit.
> 
> CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR is defined to &cpu_mask_all, that's why I used it, to
> be consistent with the other macro using CPU_MASK_ALL right above it.

It's not a big deal.  CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR is one of those "bandaids" to
keep current code working until it's all been cleansed of the old
cpumask_t functions.  Rusty's so-called "big hammer" patch.

Thanks,
Mike


      reply	other threads:[~2009-01-11 22:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-11  8:31 cpumask change causes sparc build bustage David Miller
2009-01-11  9:50 ` Stephen Rothwell
2009-01-11 12:06   ` David Miller
2009-01-11 12:13     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-01-11 16:49     ` Mike Travis
2009-01-11 21:50       ` David Miller
2009-01-11 22:29         ` Mike Travis [this message]

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