linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/10] x86: Unify percpu.h

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Date:	Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:53:50 -0800
From:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	travis@....com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	mingo@...e.hu, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] x86: Unify percpu.h

On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 11:31 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Well this is only the first patchset. The next one will unify this even 
> more (and make percpu functions work consistent between the two arches) 
> but it requires changes to the way the %gs register is used in 
> x86_64. So we only do the simplest thing here to have one file to patch 
> against later.

Then I really think this particular patch belongs in that other patch
set.  Here, it makes very little sense, and it's on the end anyway.

-- Dave

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