linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Change _node_to_cpumask

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Date:	Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:52:10 +0200
From:	"Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
To:	"Mike Travis" <travis@....com>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	mm-commits@...r.kernel.org, "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Change _node_to_cpumask_ptr to return const ptr

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Mike Travis <travis@....com> wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Change _node_to_cpumask_ptr to return const ptr
>
>  * Strengthen the return type for the _node_to_cpumask_ptr to be
>    a const pointer.  This adds compiler checking to insure that
>    node_to_cpumask_map[] is not changed inadvertently.
>
> Applies to tip/master with the following patch applied:
>
>        "[PATCH 1/1] x86: Add check for node passed to node_to_cpumask V3"
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@....com>
> ---

I can successfully cross-compile the asm-generic changes with a NUMA=y
config on ia64 without error or warning. So I guess, at long last, you
may put, FWIW:

    Acked-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>

Sorry for causing much trouble...


Vegard

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