linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip v2] x86/percpu: Introduce const-qualified const_pcpu

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Message-ID: <C5B8B806-34CD-4654-992C-4FE3FAF85B88@vmware.com>
Date:   Sat, 21 Oct 2023 14:39:30 +0000
From:   Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
To:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
CC:     the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip v2] x86/percpu: Introduce const-qualified
 const_pcpu_hot



> On Oct 21, 2023, at 5:36 PM, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> Some variables in pcpu_hot, currently current_task and top_of_stack
> are actually per-thread variables implemented as per-cpu variables
> and thus stable for the duration of the respective task

LGTM!