linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] cpumask offstack finalization

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Date:	Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:18:18 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, anton@...ba.org,
	Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PULL] cpumask offstack finalization


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:44 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> >
> > Hm, could we get rid of the obsolete percpu APIs once and for all? The fact that 
> > they are still around cause the leakage into new code to begin with.
> 
> Yes please.
> 
> And please don't expect it to be merged until the 39 merge window unless this also 
> fixes some serious bugs (I assume - without having looked at the patch - that none 
> of these are actually on-stack and relevant for any thousand+ cpu machines?)

Yeah, i considered it strictly .39 material.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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