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Re: net/core/flow.c cpu handling?

To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: net/core/flow.c cpu handling?
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:55:39 -0800
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:11:45 +0000
Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 10:50:50PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
> > 
> > Very likely, the code is how it is in order to make the
> > 2.4.x backport of this code and the 2.6.x version as
> > similar as humanly possible.
> 
> Well, the current code is wrong for 2.6 and breaks badly for machines
> with more than 32/64 cpus.

I totally understand, I am in no way trying to justify what
the code is doing.

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