linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/1] cpumask: New cpumask API - take 2

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Date:	Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:45:22 +1000
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Alan.Brunelle@...com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, rjw@...k.pl,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	arjan@...ux.intel.com, Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/1] cpumask: New cpumask API - take 2 - use unsigned longs

On Wednesday 01 October 2008 08:22:09 Mike Travis wrote:
> Here's an alternate proposal for the new cpumask API.  I have not yet begun
...
> +/* cpumask_t defaults to pointer to constant bit map */
> +typedef const unsigned long *cpumask_t;

Hiding a const here is not a good idea either, I think :(

Rusty.
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