linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make voyager_phys_cpu_present

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Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:48:58 +0000
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make voyager_phys_cpu_present_map static
	unsigned long.

On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 17:02 +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> Impact: cleanup, remove cpumask_t
> 
> Instead of replacing voyager_phys_cpu_present_map with a cpumask_var_t,
> let's make it an unsigned long as assumed in various places anyway.
> 
> Also delete incorrect comment on external usage.

Yes, this looks good.  Having it as a cpumask_t was really a historical
artifact from the time when phys_cpu_present_map was an expected
subarchitecture export.

James


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