Re: [RESEND][PATCH v2 0/9] x86: remove cpu_**_mask() functions

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue May 19 2015 - 09:17:58 EST


On Tue, 19 May 2015, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

> Two functions defined in asm/smp.h: cpu_sibling_mask() and cpu_core_mask(),
> have the same functionality as macros defined in linux/topology.h:
> topology_thread_cpumask() and topology_core_cpumask() respectively.
>
> They are not documented and are architecture specific. Also: different
> naming for the same functionality (in case of cpu_sibling_mask() and
> topology_thread_cpumask()) is a bit misleading.
>
> This series makes all the callers switch to using the topology.h macros
> and removes their smp.h counterparts. While we're at it: rename
> topology_thread_cpumask() to topology_sibling_cpumask() to be
> consistent with the term used in the scheduler.
>
> The same duplication exists on powerpc.
>
> NOTE: patch 2/9 had been already submitted separately but didn't
> receive any attention, so I'm attaching it to this series.

As this touches the world and some more, I think it should go through
Andrews mm tree.

Andrew, can you please pick that up?

For the x86 parts: Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

tglx
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