Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> This version fixes a build issue (__alignof__(unsigned long)) and >> fixes the percpu lookup to be usd = percpu array pointer, usd[i] = >> actual variable. > > Before applying this part-workaround i'd like to see confirmation that > the IA64 limitation is being fixed. It would be bad for such bugs to pop > up again and again in the future, with a 2 months bug fixing latency. I talked with Christoph earlier and he basically said that the constant can just be bumped up without any ill effect (it would be great if Tony Luck can confirm this). So, it's an annoying thing and in the long term removing would be a good idea but I don't think it's anything major as long as it blows up during build not runtime. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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