Re: [PATCH 03/17] x86-64: Convert irqstacks to per-cpu

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sun Jan 18 2009 - 04:16:57 EST



* Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello, Ingo, Brian.
>
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >> Sure, that's an option too but it might as well be done when making
> >> those percpu variables. I don't really see why those two changes should
> >> be separate. There isn't any reason why they shouldn't be separate
> >> either but if you're already mucking around every user...
> >
> > yes, we should do the rename in this same patch as both patches have no
> > impact on the actual kernel image. (sans source code line and string
> > related deltas in the image.) Feel free to do the rename in his patch -
> > that's the fastest way.
> >
> > I'd suggest to rename from:
> >
> > DECLARE_PER_CPU(char, irqstack[IRQSTACKSIZE]);
> > DECLARE_PER_CPU(char *, irqstackptr);
> >
> > to:
> >
> > DECLARE_PER_CPU(char, irq_stack[IRQSTACKSIZE]);
> > DECLARE_PER_CPU(char *, irq_stack_ptr);
> >
> > In other cases, lets get Brian's patches in without further latencies so
> > that we drain his pending-patches pipeline and get a consolidated base
> > everyone can work from. Brian already had an unfortunate (and
> > time-consuming) rebase/conflict-resolution pass due to us moving the
> > percpu code from under him. We can do non-critical followups in separate
> > delta patches.
>
> Alright, there are other places where renaming would be nice -
> kernelstack, oldrsp, irqcount, irqstackptr and isidle. I'll rename
> them as I add the patches. Here's the plan.

yeah. Please also rename IRQSTACKSIZE to the muchmorereadable
IRQ_STACK_SIZE ;-) Some keyboard must have been missing the underline key
when this was added, it reads awful.

> 01-04 : w/ renames
> 05 : will mark voyage broken

(Please hold this one until James has had a chance to react.)

> 06-12 : w/ renames
> 13-17 : will wait for update
>
> If anyone doesn't like it. Please scream.

Sounds good!

Ingo
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