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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Plug racy xAPIC access of CPU hotplug code
> Of course, we still need irqs off during ICR writes. I thought Andi was
> just suggesting to replace preempt_disable with get_cpu, maybe to
> document why we are disabling preemption here.

Yes that was my point.

Also with irq-off you of course still always have races against
the NMI-level machine check.

-Andi


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