On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > + /* > > > > + * We need to validate that we can do a > > > > + * get_cpu() and that we have the percpu area. > > > > + */ > > > > + if (!cpu_online(cpu)) > > > > + goto out; > > > > > > Should we need to do a "get_cpu" or something? Couldn't the CPU disappear > > > between these two calls. Or does it do a stop-machine and the preempt > > > disable will protect us? > > > > Did you miss the preempt_disable() a bit up? > > No, let me rephrase it better. Does the preempt_disable protect against > another CPU from going off line? Does taking a CPU off line do a > stop_machine? I just looked at the cpu hotplug code, and it does call stop machine. All is in order ;-) -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
