[PATCH] x86_64 : bring back __read_mostly support to linux-2.6.17-rc2

It seems latest kernel (2.6.17-rc2) has a wrong/missing __read_mostly implementation for x86_64

__read_mostly macro should be declared outside of #if CONFIG_X86_VSMP block

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>

--- a/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h	2006-04-19 12:43:14.000000000 +0200
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h	2006-04-19 14:11:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
        __attribute__((__section__(".data.page_aligned")))
 #endif
 
-#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
-
 #endif
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 #endif

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