linux-kernel - Re: cpumask change causes sparc build bustage

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Message-ID: <496A72B3.8010105@sgi.com>
Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:07 -0800
From:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: cpumask change causes sparc build bustage

David Miller wrote:
> From: Mike Travis <travis@....com>
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:49:46 -0800
> 
>> Thanks for fixing it.  In actuality though, it should return cpu_mask_all
>> instead of CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR but that's a small nit.
> 
> CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR is defined to &cpu_mask_all, that's why I used it, to
> be consistent with the other macro using CPU_MASK_ALL right above it.

It's not a big deal.  CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR is one of those "bandaids" to
keep current code working until it's all been cleansed of the old
cpumask_t functions.  Rusty's so-called "big hammer" patch.

Thanks,
Mike

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