linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/16] x86: Replace cpu_2_logical

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:04:48 +0100
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, x86@...nel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	brgerst@...il.com, gorcunov@...il.com, penberg@...nel.org,
	shaohui.zheng@...el.com, rientjes@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/16] x86: Replace cpu_2_logical_apicid[] with early
 percpu variable

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:58:24AM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >  DECLARE_EARLY_PER_CPU(u16, x86_cpu_to_apicid);
> >  DECLARE_EARLY_PER_CPU(u16, x86_bios_cpu_apicid);
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
> > +DECLARE_EARLY_PER_CPU(int, x86_cpu_to_logical_apicid);
> > +#endif
> 
> why changing it from u8 to int?

Because all other apic ids are int.  The phys ones are shared with
64bit, so they can't be u8.  I thought it would be more consistent
to have int for logicals too.

Thanks.

--
tejun

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