Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] smp: add function to execute a function synchronously on a cpu

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Apr 06 2016 - 14:04:47 EST


On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 04:17:43PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On some hardware models (e.g. Dell Studio 1555 laptop) some hardware
> related functions (e.g. SMIs) are to be executed on physical cpu 0
> only. Instead of open coding such a functionality multiple times in
> the kernel add a service function for this purpose. This will enable
> the possibility to take special measures in virtualized environments
> like Xen, too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>