Re: [PATCH] cpuhotplug: introduce try_get_online_cpus() take 2

[Lai Jiangshan]

Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>> Add CC to Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> (This patch is against mainline but not for inclusion, it will adapted
>> against -mm when request)
>>
>> Requst For Comments and Reviewing Hungeringly.
>>
>> - Lockless for get_online_cpus()'s fast path
>> - Introduce try_get_online_cpus()
> 
> One question for Gautham Shenoy -- are non-atomic CPU-hotplug notifiers
> always invoked from the task that did the cpu_hotplug_begin()?
> 
> If so, well and good.  If not, then it would not be possible to
> expedite RCU grace periods from within CPU-hotplug notifiers.
> 
> 							Thanx, Paul
> 


I have no proper machine for several days to test the next version
of this patch, so it is still being delayed a while.

Lai.



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