linux-kernel - Re: [v2,3/6] powerpc: kill mfvtb()

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Date:	Mon,  7 Sep 2015 19:29:42 +1000 (AEST)
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Kevin Hao <haokexin@...il.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v2,3/6] powerpc: kill mfvtb()

On Mon, 2015-24-08 at 11:20:25 UTC, Kevin Hao wrote:
> This function is only used by get_vtb(). They are almost the same
> except the reading from the real register. Move the mfspr() to
> get_vtb() and kill the function mfvtb(). With this, we can eliminate
> the use of cpu_has_feature() in very core header file like reg.h.
> This is a preparation for the use of jump label for cpu_has_feature().

I don't mind this change. But can you elaborate a bit on the issue with using
cpu_has_feature() in reg.h? Just so I can understand the problem.

I assume you ended up in a big mess of includes when you tried to include
jump_label.h from reg.h?

cheers
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