linux-kernel - Re: [1/3] dynamically allocate IRQ stacks

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Date:	Tue, 1 May 2007 19:04:26 +0200
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Bill Irwin <bill.irwin@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bunk@...sta.de, akpm@...l.org, gcoady@...il.com, zlynx@....org,
	dgc@....com, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, andi@...stfloor.org,
	hch@...radead.org, jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de, zwane@...radead.org,
	neilb@...e.de, jens.axboe@...cle.com, eric@...venscaling.com
Subject: Re: [1/3] dynamically allocate IRQ stacks

> +static void * __init __alloc_irqstack(int cpu)
> +{
> +	if (!cpu)
> +		return __alloc_bootmem(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE,
> +						__pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
> +
> +	return (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
> +					ilog2(THREAD_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE));
> +}

I think you should test for slab_is_available() instead of checking
if the cpu number is 0.
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