linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] percpu: drop useless macro PER_CPU_DEF

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Message-ID: <58DB1E19.4020501@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:38:17 +0800
From:   Cao jin <caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <arnd@...db.de>, <cl@...ux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] percpu: drop useless macro PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES



On 03/29/2017 12:00 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 04:35:07PM +0800, Cao jin wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Cao jin <caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> I'm not sure.  I think I used it during development and it's not like
> it costs anything to keep.
> 

It easily confusing newbies without any comments for its purpose.

Temporary using during development seems not good to persist. Could I
know its purpose?

-- 
Sincerely,
Cao jin