linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] x86: relocate get/set debugreg fcns to include/asm/debugreg.

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Message-ID: <20120127115136.GA26228@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:51:36 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	gregkh@...e.de, rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] x86: relocate get/set debugreg fcns to
 include/asm/debugreg.


* Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:

> Since we already have a debugreg.h header file, move the
> assoc. get/set functions to it.  In addition to it being the
> logical home for them, it has a secondary advantage.  The
> functions that are moved use BUG().  So we really need to
> have linux/bug.h in scope.  But asm/processor.h is used about
> 600 times, vs. only about 15 for debugreg.h -- so adding bug.h
> to the latter reduces the amount of time we'll be processing
> it during a compile.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h  |   67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h |   63 -----------------------------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c     |    1 +
>  3 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

I suspect you'd like to carry this in your tree, so that all 
these patches are together?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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