Re: [PATCH 10/10] backport: implement alloc_percpu_gfp() for < 3.18.

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On 02/18/2018 02:24 PM, Luca Coelho wrote:
> From: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> mac80211 now uses the alloc_percpu_gfp() function, which doesn't exist
> in kernels older than 3.18.  Backport it accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  backport-include/linux/percpu.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 backport-include/linux/percpu.h
> 
> diff --git a/backport-include/linux/percpu.h b/backport-include/linux/percpu.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..10be03cba795
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/backport-include/linux/percpu.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
> + */
> +#ifndef __BACKPORT_PERCPU_H
> +#define __BACKPORT_PERCPU_H
> +#include_next <linux/percpu.h>
> +
> +#if LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(3,18,0)
> +static inline void __percpu *__alloc_gfp_warn(void)
> +{
> +	WARN(1, "Cannot backport alloc_percpu_gfp");
> +	return NULL;

Is this only called with GFP_KERNEL for now or why is it ok to only show
an error message here?

> +}
> +
> +#define alloc_percpu_gfp(type, gfp) \
> +	({ (gfp == GFP_KERNEL) ? alloc_percpu(type) : __alloc_gfp_warn(); })
> +#endif /* LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(3,18,0) */
> +
> +#endif /* __BACKPORT_PERCPU_H */
> 

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