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Message-ID: <476ADBB6.6040003@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:16:38 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	glommer@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
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	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, ak@...e.de, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/15] replace x86_read/write_per_cpu with a common function.

Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> x86_read_per_cpu() and its writeish sister are not present in x86_64. So in
> this patch, we replace them with __get_cpu_var(), which is present in both

Eventually we'd like to use something closer to the i386 code for 
x86_64, obviously...

	-hpa
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