linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched: INIT_PREEMPT

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Date:	Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:15:54 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...mvista.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, oleg@...hat.com,
	mingo@...e.hu, tony.luck@...el.com, rth@...ddle.net,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched: INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 02:57:56PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Pull the initial preempt_count value into a single
> definition site.
> 
> Maintainers for: alpha, ia64 and m68k, please have a look,
> your arch code is funny.

Goodness.  I remember sending patches to fix the initial value of
preempt_count on these architectures about four-five years ago.
Guess they were ignored.  It just shows that we need to keep pulling
stuff out of arch/.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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