Re: [RFC PATCH v3 00/19] simplify generic cross CPU function call implementation

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On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 12:12:51AM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote:
> Since commit 9a46ad6d6df3b54 "smp: make smp_call_function_many() use
> logic similar to smp_call_function_single()", single and multiple
> (mask version) cross CPU function calls are handled in the same way,
> and generic_smp_call_function_interrupt() becomes an aliases of
> generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt(), so only one interrupt
> is needed for arch code to support generic SMP function call interfaces.
> This patch series simplifies arch code by killing the redundant
> interrupt for cross CPU function calls.
> 
> We choose to keep generic_smp_call_function_interrupt() instead of
> generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt() because the former is
> more generic.

Maybe drop the generic as well to get the name down to a reasonable
length? :)

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