Re: [guv 00/16] [RFC] percpu: Replace __get_cpu_var uses throughoutthe kernel

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Tue Aug 27 2013 - 11:39:52 EST


On Tue, 27 Aug 2013, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

> Hi Christoph,
>
> On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:01:56 +0000 Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > At the end of the patchset all uses of __get_cpu_var have been removed so the macro is removed too.
>
> However you get these to Linus, please do not do this last step until the
> following merge window. I can pretty much guarantee that new usages will
> be added between the generation of the patch set and their integration.

Ok then lets hold this particular patch until 3.13.

> Its also helpful (to me, at least) if these can be routed via various
> subsystem trees to lower the number of conflicts ...

Ok will do.

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