linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] jump_labels: Allow array initialisers

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Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2016 19:11:46 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        corbet@....net, peterz@...radead.org, jbaron@...mai.com,
        Suzuki.Poulose@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] jump_labels: Allow array initialisers

On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 06:25:47PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> The static key API is currently designed around single variable
> definitions. There are cases where an array of static keys is desirable,
> so extend the API to allow this rather than using the internal static
> key implementation directly.
> 
> Suggested-by: Dave P Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> ---
>  Documentation/static-keys.txt |  9 +++++++++
>  include/linux/jump_label.h    | 12 ++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

This looks pretty straightforward to me, and I'd like to take it via
the arm64 tree given that your subsequent patch depends on it.

Peter -- are you ok with this?

Cheers,

Will