Re: [PATCH v2 15/45] rcu: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to prevent CPU offline
From: Paul E. McKenney <hidden>
Date: 2013-06-26 14:34:44
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linux-arch, linux-pm, lkml, netdev
From: Paul E. McKenney <hidden>
Date: 2013-06-26 14:34:44
Also in:
linux-arch, linux-pm, lkml, netdev
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 03:29:40PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
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Once stop_machine() is gone from the CPU offline path, we won't be able to depend on disabling preemption to prevent CPUs from going offline from under us.Could you use an rcu-like sequence so that disabling pre-emption would be enough? Something like rebuilding the cpu list, then forcing yourself to run on all the cpu. That would be far less intrusive.
It would also increase the latency of CPU-hotunplug operations. Thanx, Paul