linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/14] cpumask: use modern cpumask style in drivers/edac/amd64

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Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:33:07 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Doug Thompson <dougthompson@...ssion.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	bluesmoke-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/14] cpumask: use modern cpumask style in drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:13:47 pm Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 02:56:35PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > cpumask_t -> struct cpumask, and don't put one on the stack.  (Note: this
> > is actually on the stack unless CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> 
> I've got a similar patch already queued up but it
> depends on the changes to rdmsr_on_cpus/wrmsr_on_cpus in
> b8a4754147d61f5359a765a3afd3eb03012aa052 which is in tip/x86/cpu and
> which does a bit more than your patch 4 so IMHO you could drop yours.
> 
> Concerning the edac change, yours is better and I could pick it up and
> add it to my patch queue if nobody else has a problem with that?

Less work for me sounds *excellent*.

Thanks!
Rusty.
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