Subject: + generic-ipi-fix-misleading-smp_call_function_any-description.patch added to -mm tree
To: xiexiuqi@xxxxxxxxxx,a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx,jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx,rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,sheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:35:59 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: generic-ipi: fix misleading smp_call_function_any() description
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
generic-ipi-fix-misleading-smp_call_function_any-description.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/generic-ipi-fix-misleading-smp_call_function_any-description.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/generic-ipi-fix-misleading-smp_call_function_any-description.patch
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From: Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: generic-ipi: fix misleading smp_call_function_any() description
After 8969a5ede0f9e1 ("generic-ipi: remove kmalloc()"), wait = 0 can be
guaranteed.
Signed-off-by: Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sheng Yang <sheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/smp.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/smp.c~generic-ipi-fix-misleading-smp_call_function_any-description kernel/smp.c
--- a/kernel/smp.c~generic-ipi-fix-misleading-smp_call_function_any-description
+++ a/kernel/smp.c
@@ -281,8 +281,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_call_function_single);
* @wait: If true, wait until function has completed.
*
* Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code (if no cpus were online).
- * Note that @wait will be implicitly turned on in case of allocation failures,
- * since we fall back to on-stack allocation.
*
* Selection preference:
* 1) current cpu if in @mask
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from xiexiuqi@xxxxxxxxxx are
generic-ipi-fix-misleading-smp_call_function_any-description.patch
linux-next.patch
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