linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/10] Sparc64: Use generic percpu

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Date:	Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:18:22 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	travis@....com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, clameter@....com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] Sparc64: Use generic percpu

From: travis@....com
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:16:25 -0800

> Sparc64 has a way of providing the base address for the per cpu area of the
> currently executing processor in a global register.
> 
> Sparc64 also provides a way to calculate the address of a per cpu area
> from a base address instead of performing an array lookup.
> 
> Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@....com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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