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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:40:21 +0200 From: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> To: x86@...nel.org Cc: tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, jeremy@...p.org, jbeulich@...e.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> Subject: [PATCH] x86: spinlock.h: Fix comment This comment is no longer true. We support up to 2^16 CPUs because __ticket_t is an u16 if NR_CPUS is larger than 256. Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> --- arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h index 76bfa2c..85a6b57 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ * Simple spin lock operations. There are two variants, one clears IRQ's * on the local processor, one does not. * - * These are fair FIFO ticket locks, which are currently limited to 256 - * CPUs. + * These are fair FIFO ticket locks, which support up to 2^16 CPUs. * * (the type definitions are in asm/spinlock_types.h) */ -- 1.7.7.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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