linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] percpu: remove address

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Date:	Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:23:34 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] percpu: remove address_space attribute if !SMP

2010-08-06 (금), 14:57 +0200, Tejun Heo:

> Ah, I see.  Then, the right thing to do is to add proper checking and
> markups to UP accessors matching the SMP ones.
> ie. __verify_pcpu_ptr() verification followed by __kernel __force
> casting.  Are you interested in doing it?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Sure. :-)
Although I'm not sure that it is really needed, if so I'll do that.

-- 
Regards,
Namhyung Kim


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