On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:10:31 +0300 Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "[PATCH 1/2] reimplement flush_workqueue()" fixed one race when CPU goes down > while flush_cpu_workqueue() plays with it. But there is another problem, CPU > can die before flush_workqueue() has a chance to call flush_cpu_workqueue(). > In that case pending work_structs can migrate to CPU which was already > checked, > so we should redo the "for_each_online_cpu(cpu)" loop. > I have a mental note that these: extend-notifier_call_chain-to-count-nr_calls-made.patch extend-notifier_call_chain-to-count-nr_calls-made-fixes.patch extend-notifier_call_chain-to-count-nr_calls-made-fixes-2.patch define-and-use-new-eventscpu_lock_acquire-and-cpu_lock_release.patch define-and-use-new-eventscpu_lock_acquire-and-cpu_lock_release-fix.patch eliminate-lock_cpu_hotplug-in-kernel-schedc.patch eliminate-lock_cpu_hotplug-in-kernel-schedc-fix.patch handle-cpu_lock_acquire-and-cpu_lock_release-in-workqueue_cpu_callback.patch should be scrapped. But really I forget what their status is. Gautham, can you please remind us where we're at? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
