Re: [PATCH] mce: fix warning messages about static struct mce_device

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 07:51:25AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 09:38:43AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
> > > index f35ce43..6aefb14 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
> > > @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static inline void enable_p5_mce(void) {}
> > >  
> > >  void mce_setup(struct mce *m);
> > >  void mce_log(struct mce *m);
> > > -DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct device, mce_device);
> > > +extern struct device *mce_device[CONFIG_NR_CPUS];
> > 
> > Minor nit, i don't think we have any other such [CONFIG_NR_CPUS] 
> > pattern in the kernel.
> > 
> > This should be something like:
> > 
> >   DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct device *, mce_device);
> 
> That is what we used to have, but with just a static struct device.  We
> really don't need this to be in the per-cpu area, a flat array should be
> just fine, why can't we use the CONFIG_NR_CPUS value?  Should we use
> something else?
> 
> > Or the pointer should be attached to the CPU info structure.
> 
> Ok, I have no objection to that, do you want me to make a patch doing
> that, now that this is already in Linus's tree?

Wait, isn't that variable also used in head.S, so do you really want a
struct device * in there?

thanks,

greg k-h