linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/4] unify arch/x86/kernel/tlb.c

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:05:30 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] unify arch/x86/kernel/tlb.c

This series converts tlb_32.c and _64.c to use smp_call_function_mask.  
Having done that, their underlying similarity is plainly revealed, and 
they can be easily unified.

The result is the removal of ~270 lines of code, most of which was a 
pair of open-coded versions of what smp_call_function_mask does anyway.  
The remaining code is much clearer as a result.

I've given these patches some mild testing, and nothing exploded.  I'm 
actually fairly confident in them, since all the complex subtle stuff is 
now in smp_call_function_mask, so if anything breaks, it's probably 
going to be in there.

And though I dare not touch it, Voyager could probably be converted to 
use this code fairly simply as well.

    J

--
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile      |    2 
 arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S    |   15 --
 arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_64.c  |   10 -
 arch/x86/kernel/tlb.c         |  229 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/tlb_32.c      |  191 ----------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/tlb_64.c      |  279 ------------------------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c      |    5 
 include/asm-x86/irq_vectors.h |    4 
 include/asm-x86/uv/uv_bau.h   |    2 
 9 files changed, 234 insertions(+), 503 deletions(-)

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