linux-kernel - Re: mmotm 2009-04-10-02-21 uploaded

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:40:12 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, travis@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mm-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, lenb@...nel.org
Subject: Re: mmotm 2009-04-10-02-21 uploaded - forkbombed by work_for_cpu


* Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:49:32AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>  > On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:45:45 -0700 (PDT)
>  > > 
>  > > IOW, why not just do
>  > > 
>  > > 	smp_call_function_many(cmd->mask, do_drv_write, cmd, 1);
>  > > 
>  > > here?
>  > > 
>  > 
>  > Didn't know it existed :(
> 
> heh. I'm going to run with that excuse too.
> Remember the days when you could fit the kernels API in your head? :)

smp_call_function_many() is the modern mask-pointery version of 
smp_call_function_mask() - which is a pretty ancient API.

	Ingo
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