linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] nohz: add tick_nohz_full_cpumask_or() and

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Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2015 19:07:33 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] nohz: add tick_nohz_full_cpumask_or() and
 _andnot() APIs

On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 01:00:38PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> +static inline void tick_nohz_full_cpumask_or(struct cpumask *mask)

This still reads as if you're doing: nohz_full_mask |= mask.

I think the suggestion done by Frederic is the right one, reverse the
lot, have:

	isolcpu_map_or(nohz_full_map) := isolcpus_map |= nohz_full_map

Or just completely give up and just write readable code under an #ifdef.


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