linux-kernel - Re: [patch] slab: Fix a cpu hotplug race condition while tuning slab cpu caches

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610160211250.3209@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:12:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alok Kataria <alok.kataria@...softinc.com>,
	"Shai Fultheim (Shai@...lex86.org)" <shai@...lex86.org>,
	"Benzi Galili (Benzi@...leMP.com)" <benzi@...lemp.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] slab: Fix a cpu hotplug race condition while tuning slab
 cpu caches

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote:

> Fix a cpu hotplug race condition while tuning slab cpu caches.

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>

We probably have a huge number of similar races. Basically any use of 
the online cpu map has the potential of causing a race.
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