linux-kernel - Re: _proxy_pda still makes linking modules fail

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Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:45:58 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk <qrczak@....org.pl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: _proxy_pda still makes linking modules fail

On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 07:45:25AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> >> Rusty's pda->per_cpu patch will deal with this once and for all; have
> >>     
> >
> > Not on x86-64.
> >   
> 
> Have you considered dropping pda in x86-64?  Segment based percpu
> doesn't really have any disadvantages.

Maybe.

> 
> >> you picked it up yet?
> >>     
> >
> > Not yet.
> >   
> 
> There will be interactions with my paravirt+xen patches, so I'm
> wondering if I should rebase onto those patches, or should we apply them
> later and fix everything up?

Applying them later is probably better

-Andi
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