linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] vsmp: Fix number of CPUs when vsmp is disabled

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Message-ID: <20120509154448.GD2653@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 May 2012 17:44:51 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Ido Yariv <ido@...ery.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Shai Fultheim <shai@...lemp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] vsmp: Fix number of CPUs when vsmp is disabled


* Ido Yariv <ido@...ery.com> wrote:

> +static void __init vsmp_cap_cpus(void)
> +{
> +	void __iomem *address;
> +	unsigned int cfg, topology, node_shift, maxcpus;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_VSMP
> +	/* VSMP is enabled, no need to cap cpus */
> +	return;
> +#elif defined(CONFIG_SMP)
> +	/*
> +	 * CONFIG_X86_VSMP is not configured, so limit the number CPUs to the

I suspect this will throw compiler warnings in the 
CONFIG_X86_VSMP && !CONFIG_SMP case.

Why not do something like:

static void __init vsmp_cap_cpus(void)
{
#if !defined(CONFIG_X86_VSMP) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
   ...
#endif
}

This keeps the #ifdef complexity reasonably concentrated.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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