linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] percpu: km: remove SMP check

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Date:   Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:16:44 +0000
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Dennis Zhou <dennis@...nel.org>
cc:     Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>, "tj@...nel.org" <tj@...nel.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "van.freenix@...il.com" <van.freenix@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] percpu: km: remove SMP check

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, Dennis Zhou wrote:

> > @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
> >   *   chunk size is not aligned.  percpu-km code will whine about it.
> >   */
> >
> > -#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK)
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK)
> >  #error "contiguous percpu allocation is incompatible with paged first chunk"
> >  #endif
> >
> > --
> > 2.16.4
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I think keeping CONFIG_SMP makes this easier to remember dependencies
> rather than having to dig into the config. So this is a NACK from me.

But it simplifies the code and makes it easier to read.