linux-kernel - Re: [guv 00/16] [RFC] percpu: Replace __get_cpu

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Date:	Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:57:38 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, akpm@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [guv 00/16] [RFC] percpu: Replace __get_cpu_var uses throughout
 the kernel

Hi Christoph,

On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:01:56 +0000 Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com> wrote:
>
> At the end of the patchset all uses of __get_cpu_var have been removed so the macro is removed too.

However you get these to Linus, please do not do this last step until the
following merge window.  I can pretty much guarantee that new usages will
be added between the generation of the patch set and their integration.

Its also helpful (to me, at least) if these can be routed via various
subsystem trees to lower the number of conflicts ...
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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