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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v2 01/10] CPU hotplug: Provide APIs for "light" atomic readers to prevent CPU offline
Replaying what Oleg wrote:

Hi,

Sorry I don't understand the context and I can't find this thread
anywhere, so I am not sure I understand...

> Replaying what Tejun wrote:
> So, we basically need percpu_rwlock. We already have percpu_rwsem.

Yes, and with -mm patches it becomes reader-friendly. In particular
see http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=135240650828875

> Oleg, it seems
> CPU hotplug needs big-reader rwlock, ideas on how to proceed?
>

I am going to convert get_online_cpus() to use percpu_down_read(),
this looks simple.

We already discussed this with Paul, see

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=135248463226031

and the whole thread.

In short, all we need is percpu_down_write_recursive_readers() and
afaics the only complication is lockdep, we need down_read_no_lockdep()
which (like __up_read) doesn't do rwsem_acquire_read().

Oleg.



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