Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Auto size the per cpu area.

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Tue Aug 08 2006 - 03:27:36 EST


Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> writes:

>> >
>> > However not that particular patch - i already changed that
>> > code in my tree because I needed really early per cpu for something and
>> > i had switched to using a static array for cpu0's cpudata.
>> >
>> > I will modify it to work like your proposal.
>>
>> Sounds good to me.
>
> Actually i ended up going with your patch and dropping mine
> because of some other issues and I solved the problem
> that caused me to do the other in a different way.

Ok.

Since this is the agreed upon path, Andrew can you please pick
this patch up for the next -mm release?

Then the final practical question does it still make sense to decouple
the NR_IRQS from NR_CPUS? As my other patch was doing?

Eric
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