linux-kernel - RE: [patch] Reorganize the cpufreq cpu hotplug locking to not be totally bizare

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:29:01 -0500
From:	"Langsdorf, Mark" <mark.langsdorf@....com>
To:	"Ashok Raj" <ashok.raj@...el.com>
cc:	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [patch] Reorganize the cpufreq cpu hotplug locking to not
 be totally bizare

 
> before introducing the ugly recursion we did try the 
> preempt_disable() for cpufreq, and it worked for most all 
> governers with preempt_disable(), but powernowk8 called 
> set_cpus_allowed() in the callback path that threw out a 
> scheduling while in atomic BUG().
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/10/31/239

Is there some other preferred call we could be making 
instead of set_cpus_allowed() ?  We need to be able to
program the MSRs on that specific core, and as far as
I know, the only way to do that is to guarantee that
we are scheduled on that particular core.  

If there's a better way to hop to a specific core, I'll
gladly rewrite the code in question.

-Mark Langsdorf
AMD, Inc.


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