Re: [PATCH] kernel/cpu.c: Move the CPU_DYING notifiers

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Sep 06 2008 - 13:14:41 EST



* Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> - raw_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_chain, CPU_DYING | param->mod,
>>> - param->hcpu);
>>> /* Ensure this CPU doesn't handle any more interrupts. */
>>> err = __cpu_disable();
>>> if (err < 0)
>>> return err;
>>> + raw_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_chain, CPU_DYING | param->mod,
>>> + param->hcpu);
>>>
>>
>> hm, doesnt this break things like CPU cross-calls done in CPU_DYING
>> callbacks?
>>
>
> We are within stop_machine(). No other cpu is running. As fas as I can
> see no cross-calls are possible.

ah, ok - my bad. I was confusing it with the much more common
CPU_DOWN_PREPARE type of callbacks which do use various cross-CPU APIs.

applied to tip/sched/devel, thanks Manfred!

Ingo
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