linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] stopmachine: add stopmachine

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Message-Id: <200807181418.09883.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:18:09 +1000
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stopmachine: add stopmachine_timeout v2

On Thursday 17 July 2008 13:40:14 Hidetoshi Seto wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> > Hidetoshi Seto wrote:
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE
> >> +extern unsigned long stopmachine_timeout;
> >> +#endif
> >
> > No externs in C files. Put it in an appropriate header.
>
> sysctl.c already has many externs... but I can fix at least
> the above.

I already patched this; checkpatch.pl warned about it :)

> > I'll do a proper review soon.
>
> Is it better to postpone v4 until your comment comes?

I think the only other real change is to make the value in ms, not seconds,
and allow a 0 value to mean "don't check".

Cheers,
Rusty.

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