linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] NOHZ: fix nohz on cpu unplug

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Date:	Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:33:27 -0800
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] NOHZ: fix nohz on cpu unplug

On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 11:54 -0800, Mark Lord wrote:
> How far back in (kernel release) time does this problem exist?
> Candidate for -stable ?

Problem is present for a while now. But I don't think this is a common
case scenario (as the issue happens only for the duration when we leave
a cpu offline, and it should get fixed the moment that logical cpu is
back online).

thanks,
suresh

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