Re: [PATCH V8 20/23] perf tools: making function set_max_cpu_num() non static

[Mathieu Poirier]

On 26 January 2016 at 11:51, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Em Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:08:21AM -0700, Mathieu Poirier escreveu:
>> On 25 January 2016 at 14:29, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Em Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 06:12:42PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
>> >> Em Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 01:46:22PM -0700, Mathieu Poirier escreveu:
>> >> > On 14 January 2016 at 14:46, Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> > I can't queue this patch for 4.6 without at least a reviewed by from you.
>> >>
>> >> This one I remember, looks ugly, the name set_max_cpu_num() looks
>> >> strange, when that was restricted (static) to that cpumap.c file, it
>> >> wasn't a problem, exporting it for wider usage looks bad.
>> >>
>> >> You've been waiting for this for quite a while, it seems, lemme stop
>> >> what I am doing to check this...
>> >
>> > So, please check the patch below, what you need then is just to use
>> > cpu__max_cpu().
>>
>> I like your approach - thanks for the review.  I will spin V9 when I
>> have received Adrian's comments.
>
> I'll take that as an Acked-by: and since this improves the current
> situation by hiding needlessly exported global variables, I'll get it in
> now, thanks.

I would have added this code in my patchset with the right authorship
- whatever works best for you.

Thanks,
Mathieu

>
> - Arnaldo