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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:44:58 +0200 From: Andi Kleen <ak@....de> To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> Cc: lguest <lguest@...abs.org>, lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce "used_vectors" bitmap which can be used to reserve vectors. On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 03:14:09PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote: > This simplifies the io_apic.c __assign_irq_vector() logic and removes > the explicit SYSCALL_VECTOR check, and also allows for vectors to be > reserved by other mechanisms (ie. lguest). Seems reasonable even as a cleanup. > > int panic_on_unrecovered_nmi; > + > +DECLARE_BITMAP(used_vectors, NR_VECTORS); > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(used_vectors); But what is the export good for? Since it's only used at boot a module cannot do anything useful with it. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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