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Andi Kleen wrote:
>> This defines on_cpu() which is similar to smp_call_function_single()
>> except that it works if cpu happens to be the current cpu. Can also be
>> seen as a complement to on_each_cpu() (which also doesn't treat the
>> current cpu specially).
>>
>
> I think it would be better to fix smp_call_function_single to just
> handle this case transparently. There aren't that many callers yet because it is
> fairly new.
>
Well, smp_call_function_single() is arch specific whereas on_cpu() is
generic code. Perhaps rename smp_call_function_single() to
__smp_call_function_single() and on_cpu() to smp_call_function_single()?
I dislike the loss of symmetry though.
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