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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.1-pre5: per-cpu areas
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Followup to:  <E16lT7I-0003uC-00@wagner.rustcorp.com.au>
By author:    Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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> 
> Sorry, I think one macro to get the address, one to get the contents
> is a *horrible* interface.
> 

The only other choice -- arguably the right one -- is to add explicit
compiler support.

	-hpa
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