linux-kernel - Re: x86: split spinlock implementations out into their own files

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:32:23 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: x86: split spinlock implementations out into their own files


* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:

> ftrace requires certain low-level code, like spinlocks and timestamps, 
> to be compiled without -pg in order to avoid infinite recursion.  This 
> patch splits out the core paravirt spinlocks and the Xen spinlocks 
> into separate files which can be compiled without -pg.
>
> Also do xen/time.c while we're about it.  As a result, we can now use 
> ftrace within a Xen domain.

applied to x86/spinlocks, thanks Jeremy.

	Ingo
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