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? :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html