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Re: [patch 03/20] padata: Make padata_alloc() static

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On Sun, 16 Apr 2017, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:

> I rather like this option of padata, which, since it lives in
> kernel/padata.c and linux/padata.h, should be generic and useful for
> other components. Seems like the ability to allocate it for a
> particular set of worker CPUs and callback CPUs could be useful down
> the line. Would rather not see it become static.

It's simple enough to export it once there is an actual user. Just keeping
stuff global because it might be useful somewhere down the road is really
pointless.

Thanks,

	tglx

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[patch 00/20] cpu/hotplug: Convert get_online_cpus() to a percpu_rwsem Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 02/20] stop_machine: Provide stop_machine_locked() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 20/20] cpu/hotplug: Convert hotplug locking to percpu rwsem Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
    Re: [patch 20/20] cpu/hotplug: Convert hotplug locking to percpu  rwsem Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-04-17 09:00 +0200
  [patch 17/20] PCI: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of  get_online_cpus() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
    Re: [patch 17/20] PCI: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of  get_online_cpus() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-04-17 08:50 +0200
      Re: [patch 17/20] PCI: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of  get_online_cpus() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-17 09:50 +0200
    Re: [patch 17/20] PCI: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of  get_online_cpus() Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> - 2017-04-18 21:50 +0200
      Re: [patch 17/20] PCI: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of  get_online_cpus() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-18 22:00 +0200
  [patch 12/20] s390/kernel: Use stop_machine_locked() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 13/20] powerpc/powernv: Use stop_machine_locked() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 03/20] padata: Make padata_alloc() static Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
    Re: [patch 03/20] padata: Make padata_alloc() static "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-04-16 08:30 +0200
      Re: [patch 03/20] padata: Make padata_alloc() static Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-17 11:20 +0200
  [patch 01/20] cpu/hotplug: Provide  cpuhp_setup/remove_state[_nocalls]_locked() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 18/20] PCI: Replace the racy recursion prevention Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 04/20] padata: Avoid nested calls to get_online_cpus() in  pcrypt_init_padata() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 14/20] kernel/hotplug: Use stop_machine_locked() in  takedown_cpu() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 05/20] x86/mtrr: Remove get_online_cpus() from  mtrr_save_state() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 07/20] KVM/PPC/Book3S HV: Use  cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls_locked() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 16/20] perf/x86/intel: Drop get_online_cpus() in  intel_snb_check_microcode() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
    Re: [patch 16/20] perf/x86/intel: Drop get_online_cpus() in  intel_snb_check_microcode() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-04-18 13:30 +0200
  [patch 09/20] hwtracing/coresight-etm4x: Use  cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls_locked() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 10/20] perf/x86/intel/cqm: Use cpuhp_setup_state_locked() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 06/20] cpufreq: Use cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls_locked() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
    Re: [patch 06/20] cpufreq: Use cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls_locked() "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2017-04-16 01:00 +0200
    Re: [patch 06/20] cpufreq: Use cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls_locked() Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2017-04-17 06:20 +0200
  [patch 08/20] hwtracing/coresight-etm3x: Use the locked version of  cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200
  [patch 11/20] ARM/hw_breakpoint: Use cpuhp_setup_state_locked() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-04-15 19:40 +0200

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