Re: [PATCH] specific do_timer_cpu value for nohz off mode

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:07:27 -0600 Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > And the whole thing is racy, isn't it?  The "new" CPU can go offline a
> > nanosecond after we performed that test, so why perform it at all?
> 
> See my email concerning the panic in cpu_online().

That doesn't address my question.

What's the point in checking cpu_online() when we have no locks to
prevent the online map from changing?

What happens if this cpu goes offline immediately after that check has
passed?

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