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Date:	Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:41:56 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86: Do not differentiate between x86_64 and i386
 with init_per_cpu

On Fri, 2011-07-29 at 00:18 -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Even though 32-bit doesn't currently use these macros, please keep the
> current define, since only 64-bit SMP is special in this regard.
> 64-bit SMP uses a zero-based percpu segment, which requires the linker
> fixup for statically initialized percpu pointers.  This fixup isn't
> needed on 32-bit SMP (or UP).

OK, fine, I'll remove this patch from the set and rebase.

Thanks,

-- Steve


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