linux-kernel - Re: [this_cpu_xx V8 07/16] Module handling: Use this_cpu

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Date:	Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:22:48 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [this_cpu_xx V8 07/16] Module handling: Use this_cpu_xx to
 dynamically allocate counters

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, Tejun Heo wrote:

> On 12/23/2009 12:57 AM, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> Index: linux-2.6/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
> >>> ===================================================================
> >>> --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c	2009-12-18 13:13:24.000000000 -0600
> >>> +++ linux-2.6/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c	2009-12-18 14:15:57.000000000 -0600
> >>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
> >>>  #include <linux/hardirq.h>
> >>>  #include <linux/kmemcheck.h>
> >>>  #include <linux/module.h>
> >>> +#include <asm/local.h>
> >>
> >> This doesn't belong to this patch, right?  I stripped this part out,
> >> added Cc: to Rusty and applied 1, 2, 7 and 8 to percpu branch.  I'll
> >> post the updated patch here. Thanks.
> >
> > If you strip this part out then ringbuffer.c will no longer compile
> > since it relies on the "#include <local.h>" that is removed by this patch
> > from the module.h file.
>
> Oh... alright.  I'll add that comment and drop the offending chunk and
> recommit.

So we need a separate patch to deal with remval of the #include
<asm/local.h> from modules.h?

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