linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: kzalloc mod->ref

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:15:34 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Kyle McMartin <kyle@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: kzalloc mod->ref


* Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:

> @@ -344,8 +339,11 @@ struct module
>  	/* Destruction function. */
>  	void (*exit)(void);
>  
> -	/* Reference counts */
> -	struct module_ref ref[NR_CPUS];
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +	char *refptr;
> +#else
> +	local_t ref;
> +#endif

hm, that construct looks rather ugly. Is there no way to provide a clean 
data type and APIs for this that just work symmetrically on both SMP and 
UP?

	Ingo
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