RE: [this_cpu_xx 06/11] Eliminate get/put_cpu

[Sosnowski, Maciej]

Dan Williams wrote:
> [ added Maciej to the cc ]

Thanks Dan.

> 
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:18 PM, <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> There are cases where we can use this_cpu_ptr and as the result
>> of using this_cpu_ptr() we no longer need to determine the current executing cpu.
>> 
>> In those places no get/put_cpu combination is needed anymore.
>> The local cpu variable can be eliminated.
>> 
>> Preemption still needs to be disabled and enabled since the
>> modifications of the per cpu variables is not atomic. There may
>> be multiple per cpu variables modified and those must all
>> be from the same processor.
>> 
>> cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@xxxxxxxxx>--
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