Re: [PATCH v8 4/8] smp: add func to IPI cpus based on parameter func

[Gilad Ben-Yossef]

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:08:16 +0200 Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> BTW -  I used a macro since I imitated the rest of the code in smp.h
>> but is there any
>> reason not to use an inline macro here?
>
> If it can be implemented in C then sure, go for it - that's superior in
> numerous ways.
>

OK, I tried that and got into a maze of cyclic include files and
function definitions so
I guess I now know why the original code used macros. I guess I'll
leave it as such
for now.

Thanks,
Gilad


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