percpu: only allow sized arch overrides for {raw|this}_cpu_*() ops
Currently, percpu allows two separate methods for overriding {raw|this}_cpu_*() ops - for a given operation, an arch can provide whole replacement or sized sub operations to override specific parts of it. e.g. arch either can provide this_cpu_add() or this_cpu_add_4() to override only the 4 byte operation. While quite flexible on a glance, the dual-overriding scheme complicates the code path for no actual gain. It compilcates the already complex operation definitions and if an arch wants to override all sizes, it can easily provide all variants anyway. In fact, no arch is actually making use of whole operation override. Another oddity is that __this_cpu_*() operations are defined in the same way as raw_cpu_*() but ignores full overrides of the raw_cpu_*() and doesn't allow full operation override, so if an arch provides whole overrides for raw_cpu_*() operations __this_cpu_*() ends up using the generic implementations. More importantly, it takes away the layering between arch-specific and generic parts making it impossible for the generic part to implement arch-independent features on top of arch-specific overrides. This patch removes the support for whole operation overrides. As no arch is using it, this doesn't cause any actual difference. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
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