linux-kernel - Re: percpu: Define this_cpu_cpumask_var_t

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:33:28 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Motohiro Kosaki <Motohiro.Kosaki@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Subject: Re: percpu: Define this_cpu_cpumask_var_t_ptr

On Sat, 23 Aug 2014, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Aug 2014, Tejun Heo wrote:
>
> > Hello, Christoph.
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 12:43:25PM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > > It wont accept the wrong type since the this_cpu_* functions will do type
> > > checking.
> >
> > It should only accept cpumask_var_t but the macro version accepts
> > anything that this_cpu_*() can handle.
>
> Ah, Ok.

Ok I tried to change it to an inline function. The problem is the
cpumask.h is included very early. this_cpu ops require functionality
that is not available at that point. I think it cannot be more than a
macro unless we define it elsewhere.

Regarding naming:

this_cpu_ptr_cpumask_var()

is ok?

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