linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpumask: alloc blank cpumask left over

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Date:	Sun, 7 Jun 2009 09:10:49 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpumask: alloc blank cpumask left over

On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 03:27:10 am Yinghai Lu wrote:
> It seems we could remove that FIXME now.
> cpumask_size is referred rather later.

No!!

First we need to get rid of all the old cpumask ops which assume NR_CPUS bits,
at least for any core or x86 code (the only arch which currently sets 
CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK).

Rusty.
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