linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: cavium-octeon: remove checks for CONFIG_CAVIUM

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Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 11:05:27 +0200
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: cavium-octeon: remove checks for CONFIG_CAVIUM_GDB

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:37:01PM +0200, Andreas Herrmann wrote:

> > void __init smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
> > {
> > - 	mp_ops->cpus_done();
> > + 	if (cpus_done)
> > + 		mp_ops->cpus_done();
> > }
> > 
> > which would make a NULL cpus_done function pointer safe and allow empty definitions
> > to be removed.
> 
> I'd prefer this solution over complete removal of the hook.

In the end that's what I just did.

Which leaves smp_cpus_done() empty.  I think I'm going to put in a
function to print a summary of CPUs booted but that's for another
patch.

  Ralf
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