linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/14] genirq: Add new struct ipi

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1511071305040.4032@nanos>
Date:	Sat, 7 Nov 2015 13:05:58 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@...tec.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jason@...edaemon.net,
	marc.zyngier@....com, jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com,
	ralf@...ux-mips.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/14] genirq: Add new struct ipi_mask and helper
 functions

On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Qais Yousef wrote:
>  /**
> + * struct ipi_mask - IPI mask information
> + * @nbits: number of bits in cpumask
> + * @global: whether the mask is SMP IPI ie: subset of cpu_possible_mask or not
> + * @cpumask: cpumask to be used when the ipi_mask is global
> + * @cpu_bitmap: the cpu bitmap to use when the ipi_mask is not global
> + *
> + * ipi_mask is similar to cpumask, but it provides nbits that's configurable
> + * rather than fixed to NR_CPUS.

Can you please add an explanation why we want that to the comment?

Thanks,

	tglx
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