linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/35] [PATCH 16/36] irqchips: Replace __this_cpu

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:10:15 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	akpm@...uxfoundation.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, nicolas.pitre@...aro.org,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/35] [PATCH 16/36] irqchips: Replace __this_cpu_ptr uses

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 12:30:39PM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> [ARM specific]
> 
> These are generally replaced with raw_cpu_ptr. However, in
> gic_get_percpu_base() we immediately dereference the pointer. This is
> equivalent to a raw_cpu_read. So use that operation there.
> 
> Cc: nicolas.pitre@...aro.org
> Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>

(Please disregard the ones I posted for v1 of the patch series)

Applied to percpu/for-3.18-consistent-ops.  Please let me know if this
patch should be routed differently.  Note that this patch was to be
applied to percpu/for-3.17 but delayed due to build issues caused by
cpumask_var_t.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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