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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kmalloc_percpu
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Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
>
> I figured that since the allocator is going to be there anyway, it
>  made sense to express kmalloc_percpu() in those terms.  If you think
>  the price is too high, I can respect that.

I suggest that we use your new mechanism to fix DEFINE_PERCPU() in modules,
and leave kmalloc_percpu() as it is for now.