Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:53:27 -0700 | | From | Mike Travis <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/12] cpumask: reduce stack pressure from local/passed cpumask variables v2 | |
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
>
>> Modify usage of cpumask_t variables to use pointers as much as
>> possible.
>
> hm, why is there no minimal patch against -git that does nothing but
> introduces the new pointer based generic APIs (without using them) -
> such as set_cpus_allowed_ptr(), etc.? Once that is upstream all the
> remaining changes can trickle one arch and one subsystem at a time, and
> once that's done, the old set_cpus_allowed() can be removed. This is far
> more manageable than one large patch.
>
> and the cpumask_of_cpu() change should be Kconfig based initially - once
> all arches have moved to it (or even sooner) we can remove that.
>
> Ingo
Yes, good idea! I'll see about dividing them up. Though 99% seems to
be in generic kernel code (kernel/sched.c is by far the biggest user.)
There is one function pointer in a struct that would need an additional entry
if we keep both interfaces.
Thanks,
Mike
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