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SubjectRe: Regression on ia64 with cpu masks: optimize and clean up cpumask_of_cpu()
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 01:45:01PM +1000, Simon Horman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I haven't had a time to look into this closeley yet,
> but "cpu masks: optimize and clean up cpumask_of_cpu()"
> aka e56b3bc7942982ac2589c942fb345e38bc7a341a causes
> a build failure for me on ia64.
>
> # ia64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc --version
> ia64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc (GCC) 3.4.5
> Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> # make
> make[1]: `include/asm-ia64/nr-irqs.h' is up to date.
> CHK include/linux/version.h
> CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
> CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> CHK include/linux/compile.h
> CC drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.o
> drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c: In function `acpi_processor_get_throttling':
> drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c:841: error: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
> drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c: In function `acpi_processor_set_throttling':
> drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c:1028: error: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
> drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c:1059: error: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
> make[2]: *** [drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [drivers/acpi] Error 2
> make: *** [drivers] Error 2

I'm pretty sure that I am missing something subtle here,
but something that is working for me is:

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/cpumask.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/cpumask.h 2008-07-29 19:03:06.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/cpumask.h 2008-07-29 19:03:16.000000000 +1000
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static inline const cpumask_t *get_cpu_m
* gcc optimizes it out (it's a constant) and there's no huge stack
* variable created:
*/
-#define cpumask_of_cpu(cpu) ({ *get_cpu_mask(cpu); })
+#define cpumask_of_cpu(cpu) (*get_cpu_mask(cpu))


#define CPU_MASK_LAST_WORD BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(NR_CPUS)


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