linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] percpu: remove this_cpu

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Date:	Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:59:41 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] percpu: remove this_cpu_xor() implementation


* Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com> wrote:

> There is not a single user in the whole kernel.
> Besides that this_cpu_xor() is broken anyway since it gets
> translated to this_cpu_or() (see __pcpu_size_call() line).
> 
> So instead of fixing an unused definition just remove it.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>

Thanks,

	Ingo
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