Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Gaah. Looking at the assembly code to try to figure out where the oops
> happened, one thing is clear: "for_each_cpu_mask()" generates some truly
> horrible code. C code that looks simple ends up being tons of complex
> assembly language due to inline functions etc.
>
> We've made it way too easy for people to write code that just absolutely
> _sucks_.
Yes, uninlining merely first_cpu() shrinks my usual vmlinux by 2.5k. I'll
fix it up.
Meanwhile, I suppose we need to check that pointer for NULL as Parag
suggests. I might stick a once-off WARN_ON() in there so someone gets in
and works out why we keep on having to graft mysterious null-pointer
avoidances into cpufreq.
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