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Message-Id: <1245331597.5195.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:26:37 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com> To: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, kyle@...artin.ca, cl@...ux-foundation.org, Jesper.Nilsson@...s.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>, arm@...hat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9 UPDATED] percpu: enforce global definition On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 16:38 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > Some archs (alpha and s390) need to add 'weak' attribute to percpu > variable definitions so that the compiler generates external > references for them. To allow this, enforce global definition of all > percpu variables. > > This patch makes DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION() do DECLARE_PERCPU_SECTION() > implicitly and drop static from all percpu definitions. > > [ Impact: all percpu variables are forced to be global ] > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> > Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org> > Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Uh, wont this cause name space collisions? -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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