Re: [PATCH x86] [7/16] Convert lockdep to use arch_early_alloc()if available for its large arrays

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Jan 04 2008 - 04:04:08 EST



* Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> +#ifndef ARCH_HAS_EARLY_ALLOC
> +#define LARGEVAR(x,y) { static typeof(*x) __ ## x[y]; x = __ ## x; }
> +#else
> +#define LARGEVAR(x,y) x = arch_early_alloc(sizeof(*x) * y)
> +#endif

your patch makes sense in principle, but please do this via the Kconfig
space - we dont introduce new ARCH_HAS flags anymore and try to get rid
of the existing ones as well.

Ingo
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