linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: APIC: Remove apic_write

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:43:12 -0700
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: APIC: Remove apic_write_around(); use alternatives

On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 15:49 -0700, Suresh Siddha wrote:

> > Thank you for cleaning this up Yinghai, but this really begs the
> > question - is having write_atomic REALLY worthwhile?
> 
> And this thread is about,  Maciej's cleanup patch which removed
> write_atomic completely :)
> 
> Thanks to Maciej who posted this fix. It was on my todo list for
> sometime now!

Awesome!  I just felt the need to use 'flaming crap' in a sentence
today, and broken APICs seemed like an easy target.  Glad to know it's
gone.

Zach

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