linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/9] Remove useless on_each

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Date:	Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:03:01 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
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	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
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	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
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	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/9] Remove useless on_each_cpu return value

On Tue, 2012-01-03 at 16:19 +0200, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> on_each_cpu() returns as its own return value the return value of 
> smp_call_function(). smp_call_function() in turn returns a hard 
> coded value of zero.
> 
> Some callers to on_each_cpu() waste cycles and bloat code space
> by checking the return value to on_each_cpu(), probably for 
> historical reasons.

hysterical raisins,, yumm! :-)

> This patch set refactors callers to not test on_each_cpu()
> (fixed) return value and then refactors on_each_cpu to
> return void to avoid confusing future users.
> 

Seems sane enough, fwiw:

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
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