Re: module changes

From: John Levon (levon@movementarian.org)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 11:05:04 EST

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On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 04:56:11PM +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote:

> Does the implementation have to be perfect? The per_cpu API can easily
> be simulated using good old NR_CPUS arrays:

I agree, the main advantage of having per-cpu API available to modules
is that code can just use it and not worry about module vs. monolithic.
Some obscure limitation doesn't sound like a good idea in that respect
:)

regards
john
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