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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 0/5] x86: Cleanup and simplify cpu-specific data
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 07:57:51PM -0400, Kevin Winchester wrote:
> Various per-cpu fields are define in arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c that are
> basically equivalent to the cpu-specific data in struct cpuinfo_x86.
> By moving these fields into the structure, a number of codepaths can be
> simplified since they no longer need to care about those fields not
> existing on !SMP builds.
>
> The size effects on allno (UP) and allyes (MAX_SMP) kernels are as
> follows:
>
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 1586721 304864 506208 2397793 249661 vmlinux.allno
> 1588517 304928 505920 2399365 249c85 vmlinux.allno.after
> 84706053 13212311 42434560 140352924 85d9d9c vmlinux.allyes
> 84705333 13213799 42434560 140353692 85da09c vmlinux.allyes.afte
>
> As can be seen, the kernels get slighly larger, but the code reduction/
> simplification should be enough to compensate for it.

Just a hint for the future: when you're sending multiple versions of
a patchset, it would be really helpful to have changelog in the 0/n
message so that the reviewer can know what happened in each version.
I.e.,

v4:
Rediff changes against -rc4

v3:
Small cleanups, integrate comments.

etc.

Otherwise, we have to go look at the older patches and compare what
changed.

HTH.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.


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