Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:57:13 +0900 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [GIT RFC] percpu: use dynamic percpu allocator as the default percpu allocator |
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Hi,
Martin Schwidefsky wrote: >> Maybe we can build indirection pointer manually by twiddling with >> DEFINE_PER_CPU() in such a way that it doesn't have to distinguish >> symbols and variables? > > Hmm, a provocative idea: can we ban the use of static per-cpu variables > for modules in common code? There are not many common code modules > doing this, with a visibility hack I found the following relevant > locations: > > .... > > That would "fix" the problem as well..
Eh... I don't know. I'd really like remove such API limitations as most of the necessary pieces are already there anyway, so I'd much prefer the re-mapping thing if it can be made to work.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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