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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] switch vector_irq[] from irq number to irq_desc pointer v2
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ingo,
>>
>> Note that my recent patch from a couple of weeks ago, stripped almost
>> all of the cpumask_t's from the io_apic functions. Any chance we can
>> apply them before we add more?
>>
>> I'd be willing to merge in Dean's patch over the top of mine (or
>> vice-versa).
>
> i'm really looking forwards to Rusty's 'get-rid-of-cpumask_t use'
> patchset, which would solve such cpumask_t proliferation issues once and
> for all.
>
> Ingo

Hi Ingo,

The net effect of the "getting rid of cpumask_t's" will be the same. This
patch reduces considerably the amount of stack space being required right
now. The new cpumask_t approach will take quite a bit of time to get it
"up and running". (It took me about a day to get init/main.c and kernel/sched.c
to just compile... it now needs the temp cpumasks to actually function. And
there are a number of areas that will need to be altered before functional
testing can start.)

Thanks,
Mike


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