linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] x86: Move per cpu cpu_llc_shared_map to a field in struct cpuinfo

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Date:	Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:27:45 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] x86: Move per cpu cpu_llc_shared_map to a field
 in struct cpuinfo_x86


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> On 02/21/2012 05:45 PM, Kevin Winchester wrote:
> > Commit 141168c36cde ("x86: Simplify code by removing a !SMP #ifdefs from
> > 'struct cpuinfo_x86'") caused the compilation error:
> > 
> > mce_amd.c:(.cpuinit.text+0x4723): undefined reference to 'cpu_llc_shared_map'
> > 
> > by removing an #ifdef CONFIG_SMP around a block containing a 
> > reference to cpu_llc_shared_map.  Rather than replace the 
> > #ifdef, move cpu_llc_shared_map to be a new cpumask_t field 
> > llc_shared_map in struct cpuinfo_x86 and adjust all 
> > references to cpu_llc_shared_map.
> > 
> 
> I'm not comfortable with a patch this large after we are 
> already at -rc4.  Please send a minimal patch to fix the 
> failure for v3.3, and then a patch on top of that which we can 
> queue up with the rest of the patchset to for v3.4.

I forgot about the v3.3 aspect of the series - yes, you are 
right, doing it like that would be preferred.

It can all be in the same series, we'll sort apart the v3.3 and 
v3.4 bits.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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