Re: [PATCH] x86: fully honor "nolapic" (take 2)

[Jan Beulich]

>>> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> 16.01.09 14:42 >>>
>
>* Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> >>> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> 16.01.09 13:45 >>>
>> >
>> >* Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> +	if (disable_apic) {
>> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
>> >> +		disable_ioapic_setup();
>> >> +#endif
>> >> +		return;
>> >> +	}
>> >
>> > Shouldnt that #ifdef be avoided by always providing the function - 
>> > just it is a NOP inline in the !CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC case?
>> 
>> That would make for a much bigger patch, since the io_apic.h doesn't 
>> (and imo shouldn't) be included without that config option.
>
>But we are using io-apic functionality in that file, so we should include 
>io_apic.h, right?

I don't generally (i.e. when !X86_IO_APIC) think so - anything accessing
stuff from io_apic.c is guarded by a similar #ifdef.

Jan

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