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Message-ID: <20100125155408.GF14274@aftab>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:54:08 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, axboe@...nel.dk,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, tytso@....edu, Trond.Myklebust@...app.com,
	aelder@....com, hch@...radead.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, fweisbec@...il.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
	ying.huang@...el.com, lenb@...nel.org, neilb@...e.de,
	cl@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to what's
 left

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:22:15AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Add __percpu sparse annotations to places which didn't make it in one
> of the previous patches.  All converions are trivial.
> 
> These annotations are to make sparse consider percpu variables to be
> in a different address space and warn if accessed without going
> through percpu accessors.  This patch doesn't affect normal builds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
> ---
>  crypto/cryptd.c                  |    2 +-
>  drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c |    2 +-
>  drivers/dma/dmaengine.c          |    2 +-
>  drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c        |    2 +-

For the edac bits:

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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