Hi Linus, On Thu, 27 May 2010 18:09:17 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Fri, 28 May 2010, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > > Caused by commit 0ac0c0d0f837c499afd02a802f9cf52d3027fa3b ("cpusets: > > randomize node rotor used in cpuset_mem_spread_node()"). > > > > This commit assumes that __node_random() exists if (MAX_NUMNODES > 1) and > > uses it if CONFIG_CPUSETS is set, but only creates it for x86 ... there > > is at least one other architecture where those conditions are true. > > Yeah, looking at that, it seems totally idiotic. > > Why is that "__node_random()" in x86 code at all? There is absolutely > nothing x86 about it that I can tell. And now I have an ia64 merge that > just duplicates that moronic function. So, is it reasonable for me to ask you to revert commit 0ac0c0d0f837c499afd02a802f9cf52d3027fa3b ("cpusets: randomize node rotor used in cpuset_mem_spread_node()")? Reverting it won't break ia64 (since their fix was to just add code that would then be unreferenced). -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/