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SubjectRe: [PATCH 05/10] x86_64: Use generic percpu
Mike Travis wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Also for such changes .text size comparisons before/after are a good
>>>> idea.
>>> x86_64-defconfig:
>>>
>>> pre-percpu post-percpu
>>> 159373 .init.text +3 .init.text
>>> 1411137 .rodata +8 .rodata
>>> 3629056 .text +48 .text
>>> 7057383 Total +59 Total
>> ok, that looks like really minimal impact, so i'm in favor of merging
>> this into arch/x86 - and the unification it does later on is nice too.
>>
>> to get more test feedback: what would be the best way to get this tested
>> in x86.git in a standalone way? Can i just pick up these 10 patches and
>> remove all the non-x86 arch changes, and expect it to work - or are the
>> other percpu preparatory/cleanup patches in -mm needed too?
>>
>> Ingo
>
> I've tested some x86_64 configs but the UP model is currently broken so I
> haven't been able to test that. (the "fs/nfs/super.c" build problem with
> TASK_NORMAL and TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE undefined.)
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

Sorry, I guess I didn't exactly answer the question. Yes, these changes
are standalone.

Thanks,
Mike


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