linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CPU hotplug, freezer: Fix bugs in CPU hotplug call path

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Date:	Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:49:38 +0530
From:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
CC:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, pavel@....cz,
	len.brown@...el.com, mingo@...e.hu, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, ashok.raj@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CPU hotplug, freezer: Fix bugs in CPU hotplug call path

On 10/03/2011 03:33 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 01:14 +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>> +static atomic_t tasks_frozen = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
>> +
>> +void set_tasks_frozen_flag(void)
>> +{
>> +       atomic_set(&tasks_frozen, 1);
>> +}
>> +
>> +void clear_tasks_frozen_flag(void)
>> +{
>> +       atomic_set(&tasks_frozen, 0);
>> +}
>> +
>> +int tasks_are_frozen(void)
>> +{
>> +       int ret;
>> +       ret = atomic_read(&tasks_frozen);
>> +       return ret;
>> +} 
> 
> What's the point of using atomic_t here? Neither set nor read are
> actually atomic ops.
> 

Hi Peter,
Thank you for the review. I'll send version 2 of the patch with
the changes incorporated.

-- 
Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat  <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Linux Technology Center,
IBM India Systems and Technology Lab
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