Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:30:13 +0530 | From | Srivatsa Vaddagiri <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix-flush_workqueue-vs-cpu_dead-race-update |
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On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 11:11:17AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Has anyone thought seriously about using the process freezer in the > cpu-down/cpu-up paths? That way we don't need to lock anything anywhere?
How would this provide a stable access to cpu_online_map in functions that need to block while accessing it (as flush_workqueue requires)?
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