linux-kernel - Re: >= 2.6.30 broken alpha smp build

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:47:05 +0400
From:	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	maximilian attems <max@...o.at>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com
Subject: Re: >= 2.6.30 broken alpha smp build

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 09:43:22AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> The __used attribute is dropped by a patch in percpu patchset as it
> caused build warning on my test builds and wasn't even effective
> as-was (overriden by later NULL definition).  Ivan, any ideas why it's
> there?

It was intended for suppressing the compiler warnings about "unused"
static per-cpu variables, as they were only referenced inside the asm code.

Now it seems to be broken with DECLARE_PER_CPU thing, so I think your
patch that kills __used attribute should go in as a compile fix ASAP -
we can live with a few compile warnings until the rest of percpu patchset
gets merged.

Ivan.
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