Re: [PATCH][2.5] fix preempt-issues with smp_call_function()

From: Dave Jones (davej@codemonkey.org.uk)
Date: Wed Feb 26 2003 - 06:19:05 EST


On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 01:54:09AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > Just one comment. You moved quite a few of the preempt_disable/enable
> > pairs outside of the CONFIG_SMP checks. The issue we're working against
> > here is to try and prevent preemption and ending up on a different CPU.
> > As this cannot happen if CONFIG_SMP=n, I don't see why you've done this.
> Just in two places.

Ok, slight exaggeration 8-) Looks good to me.

btw, (unrelated) shouldn't smp_call_function be doing magick checks
with cpu_online() ?

                Dave

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