linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] x86: Move per cpu cpu_llc_shared_map to a field in struct cpuinfo

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Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:37:06 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] x86: Move per cpu cpu_llc_shared_map to a field
 in struct cpuinfo_x86

On 04/29/2012 04:33 PM, Kevin Winchester wrote:
> Commit 141168c36cde ("x86: Simplify code by removing a !SMP #ifdefs from
> 'struct cpuinfo_x86'") caused the compilation error:
> 
> mce_amd.c:(.cpuinit.text+0x4723): undefined reference to 'cpu_llc_shared_map'
> 
> by removing an #ifdef CONFIG_SMP around a block containing a reference
> to cpu_llc_shared_map.  Rather than replace the #ifdef, move
> cpu_llc_shared_map to be a new cpumask_t field llc_shared_map in
> struct cpuinfo_x86 and adjust all references to cpu_llc_shared_map.
> 

Okay...  I must not get this.

Why is this better than just moving the DEFINE_PER_CPU to a place which
isn't dependent on SMP?

	-hpa


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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