Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:22:54 +0200 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] percpu: add percpu_variable_ptr() |
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Hello,
On 06/23/2010 12:20 PM, Lai Jiangshan wrote: >> Why not just use &name? > > I remember the real variable name is hidden. > We can't expose the inner details of percpu, so I add a macro for it.
Yeah, the whole point was unifying static and dynamic ones into the same name / address space. &name is now guaranteed to work, so no need for indirection layer.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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