Re: [PATCH 2/2] kvm: use cpumask_var_t for cpus_hardware_enabled

[Avi Kivity]

Rusty Russell wrote:
> This changes cpus_hardware_enabled from a cpumask_t to a cpumask_var_t:
> equivalent for CONFIG_CPUMASKS_OFFSTACK=n, otherwise dynamically allocated.
>
>  
> -static cpumask_t cpus_hardware_enabled;
> +static cpumask_var_t cpus_hardware_enabled

This isn't on stack, so it isn't buying us anything.

Is the plan to drop cpumask_t?  If so, we're penalizing non-stack users 
by forcing them to go through another pointer (and cacheline).



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