Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:19:04 +1100 | From | Anton Blanchard <> | Subject | Re: ppc64 xics.c: what is smp_threads_ready exactly used for? |
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Hi,
> during a cleanup, I stumbled upon the following: > > > arch/ppc64/kernel/smp.c (in 2.6.11-rc1-mm1) says: > > /* XXX fix this, xics currently relies on it - Anton */ > smp_threads_ready = 1; > > > arch/ppc64/kernel/xics.c is the _only_ place in the whole kernel where > smp_threads_ready is actually used, and this is the _only_ place where > smp_threads_ready ever changes it's value on ppc64.
It turns out I was about to submit a patch to remove the ppc64 use of smp_threads_ready. With that patch it makes sense to kill smp_threads_ready completely.
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