linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86: cleanup early per cpu variables/accesses v2

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Message-ID: <20080416093505.GG5343@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:35:05 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86: cleanup early per cpu variables/accesses v2


* Mike Travis <travis@....com> wrote:

>   * Introduce a new PER_CPU macro called "EARLY_PER_CPU".  This is
>     used by some per_cpu variables that are initialized and accessed 
>     before there are per_cpu areas allocated.
> 
>   * Small change in kernel/sched.c to remove another 512 bytes from 
>   the stack.

thanks Mike, i have picked your patches up.

	Ingo
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