> I don't get it. By the time the secondaries enter the idle loop, they've > already run init_timers_cpu() anyway. You patch doesn't address a
The notifier uns only after smp_prepare_cpus and then all the synchronization is long done. > secondary taking a timer interrupt prior to the BP having run > init_timers(), does it? It initializes the timer of a CPU before it is even touched. -Andi - 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/