Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc8' into x86/doc

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/smp.h b/include/linux/smp.h
index 2e4d58b26c0..3f9a60043a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/smp.h
+++ b/include/linux/smp.h
@@ -64,8 +64,17 @@ extern void smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus);
  * Call a function on all other processors
  */
 int smp_call_function(void(*func)(void *info), void *info, int wait);
+/* Deprecated: use smp_call_function_many() which uses a cpumask ptr. */
 int smp_call_function_mask(cpumask_t mask, void(*func)(void *info), void *info,
 				int wait);
+
+static inline void smp_call_function_many(const struct cpumask *mask,
+					  void (*func)(void *info), void *info,
+					  int wait)
+{
+	smp_call_function_mask(*mask, func, info, wait);
+}
+
 int smp_call_function_single(int cpuid, void (*func) (void *info), void *info,
 				int wait);
 void __smp_call_function_single(int cpuid, struct call_single_data *data);