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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/10] x86_64: Cleanup non-smp usage of cpu maps v2
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
>
>> Cleanup references to the early cpu maps for the non-SMP configuration
>> and remove some functions called for SMP configurations only.
>
> thanks, applied.
>
> one observation:
>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>> extern int x86_cpu_to_node_map_init[];
>> extern void *x86_cpu_to_node_map_early_ptr;
>> +#else
>> +#define x86_cpu_to_node_map_early_ptr NULL
>> +#endif
>
> Right now all these early_ptrs are in essence open-coded "early
> per-cpu", right? But shouldnt we solve that in a much cleaner way: by
> explicitly adding an early-per-cpu types and accessors, and avoid all
> that #ifdeffery?
>
> Ingo

I was thinking of something similar but had to put it on the back
burner until we got to the point of being able to boot a kernel
with NR_CPUS set to 4096. It should pop back up on the priority
queue very soon... ;-)

Thanks!
Mike


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