Re: [PATCH] mips: add arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() function

[John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>]

On 22/10/2014 08:54, Eunbong Song wrote:
> 
>> Hi Eubong,
> 
>> one small question inline ...
> 
>>> +void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(bool); +#define
>>> arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace
> 
>> What is the purpose of this define ? is this maybe a leftover from
>> some regex/cleanups ?
> 
> Hi John.
> Actually, I just follow the same function of sparc architecture.
> You can find this in arch/sparc/include/asm/irq_64.h as below
> 
> void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(bool);
> #define arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace
> 
> I guess this is used for conditional compile. 
> See below.
> include/linux/nmi.h
> #ifdef arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace
> static inline bool trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
> {
>         arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(true);
> 
>         return true;
> }
> static inline bool trigger_allbutself_cpu_backtrace(void)
> {
>         arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(false);
>         return true;
> }
> #else
> static inline bool trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
> {
>         return false;
> }
> static inline bool trigger_allbutself_cpu_backtrace(void)
> {
>         return false;
> }
> #endif
> 
> Thanks. 
>> John
> 

i don't see how this is required for conditional compiles. the code
define a->a which is bogus i think.

	John