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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 03/20] padata: Make padata_alloc() static
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 11:14:23 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1704171113040.2327@nanos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHmME9q=Jvnw51jUw+iVkeN8vY=uDJu-N1jJ9oAcH7PEjnSY0g@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, 16 Apr 2017, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:

> I rather like this option of padata, which, since it lives in
> kernel/padata.c and linux/padata.h, should be generic and useful for
> other components. Seems like the ability to allocate it for a
> particular set of worker CPUs and callback CPUs could be useful down
> the line. Would rather not see it become static.

It's simple enough to export it once there is an actual user. Just keeping
stuff global because it might be useful somewhere down the road is really
pointless.

Thanks,

	tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-17  9:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-15 17:01 [patch 00/20] cpu/hotplug: Convert get_online_cpus() to a percpu_rwsem Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 01/20] cpu/hotplug: Provide cpuhp_setup/remove_state[_nocalls]_locked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 02/20] stop_machine: Provide stop_machine_locked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 03/20] padata: Make padata_alloc() static Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-16  6:22   ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-04-17  9:14     ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 04/20] padata: Avoid nested calls to get_online_cpus() in pcrypt_init_padata() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 05/20] x86/mtrr: Remove get_online_cpus() from mtrr_save_state() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 06/20] cpufreq: Use cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls_locked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 22:54   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2017-04-17  4:14   ` Viresh Kumar
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 07/20] KVM/PPC/Book3S HV: " Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 08/20] hwtracing/coresight-etm3x: Use the locked version of cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 09/20] hwtracing/coresight-etm4x: Use cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls_locked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 10/20] perf/x86/intel/cqm: Use cpuhp_setup_state_locked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 11/20] ARM/hw_breakpoint: " Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 12/20] s390/kernel: Use stop_machine_locked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 13/20] powerpc/powernv: " Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 14/20] kernel/hotplug: Use stop_machine_locked() in takedown_cpu() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 15/20] x86/perf: Drop EXPORT of perf_check_microcode Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-18 11:24   ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 16/20] perf/x86/intel: Drop get_online_cpus() in intel_snb_check_microcode() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-18 11:27   ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 17/20] PCI: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of get_online_cpus() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-17  6:46   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-17  7:40     ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-18 19:44   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-04-18 19:51     ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 18/20] PCI: Replace the racy recursion prevention Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 19/20] ACPI/processor: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of get_online_cpus() Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-16 22:53   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2017-04-15 17:01 ` [patch 20/20] cpu/hotplug: Convert hotplug locking to percpu rwsem Thomas Gleixner
2017-04-17  6:50   ` Peter Zijlstra

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