linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PERCPU : __percpu_alloc_mask() can dynamically size percpu

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711161424540.6758@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:25:26 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PERCPU : __percpu_alloc_mask() can dynamically size
 percpu_data storage

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> Instead of allocating a fix sized array of NR_CPUS pointers for percpu_data,
> we can use nr_cpu_ids, which is generally < NR_CPUS.

Yes we can. Could you either use [] or [0] instead of the index there? 
Somehow the patch vanished when I replied to it.
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