On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:32:41 +0200 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +extern void __get_online_cpus(void); > + > +static inline void get_online_cpus(void) > +{ > + might_sleep(); > + > + preempt_disable(); > + if (likely(!__cpuhp_writer || __cpuhp_writer == current)) > + this_cpu_inc(__cpuhp_refcount); > + else > + __get_online_cpus(); > + preempt_enable(); > +} This isn't much different than srcu_read_lock(). What about doing something like this: static inline void get_online_cpus(void) { might_sleep(); srcu_read_lock(&cpuhp_srcu); if (unlikely(__cpuhp_writer || __cpuhp_writer != current)) { srcu_read_unlock(&cpuhp_srcu); __get_online_cpus(); current->online_cpus_held++; } } static inline void put_online_cpus(void) { if (unlikely(current->online_cpus_held)) { current->online_cpus_held--; __put_online_cpus(); return; } srcu_read_unlock(&cpuhp_srcu); } Then have the writer simply do: __cpuhp_write = current; synchronize_srcu(&cpuhp_srcu); <grab the mutex here> -- Steve -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>