On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 07:23:38PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Dipankar Sarma wrote:
> >
> > Unless I am reading the patch wrongly, it seems cpu_hotplug_begin() is called
> > while holding the cpu_add_remove_lock mutex. So, another CPU cannot come in
> > and do the same until _cpu_down() is over.
>
> Ahh, in that case I take back that objection, although maybe a comment
> about the required nesting within the other mutex is in order? Or maybe
> it's there and I just missed it (blush).
Good point! I'll add the comment before cpu_hotplug_begin().
>
> Linus
Thanks and Regards
gautham.
--
Gautham R Shenoy
Linux Technology Center
IBM India.
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because Freedom is priceless!"
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