linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/8] cpumask: powerpc: Introduce cpumask_of_{node,pcibus} to replace {node,pcibus}_to

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Message-Id: <20081121224159.3bc54524.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:41:59 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] cpumask: powerpc: Introduce
 cpumask_of_{node,pcibus} to replace {node,pcibus}_to_cpumask

Hi Rusty,

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:12:13 +1030 Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
>
> Impact: New APIs
> 
> The old node_to_cpumask/node_to_pcibus returned a cpumask_t: these
> return a pointer to a struct cpumask.  Part of removing cpumasks from
> the stack.
> 
> (Also replaces powerpc internal uses of node_to_cpumask).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>

Sending powerpc patches to linuxppc-dev@...abs.org and paulus@...ba.org
is a good idea (the first because it gets put into patchwork (and so
doesn't get lost) and the second because Paul and Ben are currently
juggling the maintainership between them.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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