linux-kernel - Re: [patch] irq: use config_enabled(SMP) checks to cleanup irq_set

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Message-ID: <1339102584.28766.94.camel@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:56:23 -0700
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	joerg.roedel@....com, paul.gortmaker@...driver.com,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] irq: use config_enabled(SMP) checks to cleanup
 irq_set_affinity() for UP

On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 13:36 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> can you just use
> >> if (nr_cpu_ids > 1)
> >> checking instead
> >> if config_enabled(CONFIG_SMP)
> >
> > Idea is to not have any extra runtime checks if CONFIG_SMP is enabled
> > and which is when all the smp affinity routines are used/invoked.
> 
> then could use
> if (NR_CPUS > 1)

What is the problem with using config_enabled(CONFIG_SMP)? People
looking for "CONFIG_SMP" can easily identify the dependency.

thanks,
suresh


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