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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/7] percpu: clean up percpu variable definitions
David Miller wrote:
> From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:58:24 +0900
>
>> --- a/arch/cris/include/asm/mmu_context.h
>> +++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/mmu_context.h
>> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extern void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
>> * registers like cr3 on the i386
>> */
>>
>> -extern volatile DEFINE_PER_CPU(pgd_t *,current_pgd); /* defined in arch/cris/mm/fault.c */
>> +DECLARE_PER_CPU(pgd_t *,current_pgd); /* defined in arch/cris/mm/fault.c */
>>
>> static inline void enter_lazy_tlb(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk)
>> {
>
> Yes volatile sucks, but might this break something?
>
> Whether the volatile is actually needed or not, it's bad to have this
> kind of potential behavior changing nugget hidden in this seemingly
> inocuous change. Especially if you're the poor soul who ends up
> having to debug it :-/

Shouldn't the "volatile" go inside the DECLARE_PER_CPU() with the rest
of the type? [Disclaimer: I haven't actually looked.]

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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