linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: RCU-protect __set_task_cpu() in set_task

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2011 16:03:59 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: RCU-protect __set_task_cpu() in set_task_cpu()

On 06/07, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
>     Cure this by passing the migration state in wake_flags. Also move the
>     whole test under CONFIG_SMP, its hard to migrate tasks on UP :-)


Agreed, WF_MIGRATE looks better. and "move under CONFIG_SMP" is probably
correct ;)

I still think it makes sense to move task_cpu(p) from try_to_wake_up() to
ttwu_stat(), just because it looks confusing. But this is very minor,
please forget.

Oleg.

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