linux-kernel - Re: [patch 05/14] percpu: Use a Kconfig variable to configure arch specific percpu setup

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711271013130.2310@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:14:47 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 05/14] percpu: Use a Kconfig variable to configure arch
 specific percpu setup

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Rusty Russell wrote:

> Have you considered moving x86-64's setup_per_cpu_areas into generic code?  
> It's a bit messier because some archs might not have set up NUMA stuff yet, 
> but it's logically generic...

Yes that will happen later. This is just the early cleanup work. I 
plan to generally bring the two x86 arches in line. The pda will be 
folded into the per cpu area and after that its easy to do.

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