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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:30:20 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org> To: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@...ibm.com> cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Gautham Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com> Subject: Re: Remove hotplug cpu crap from cpufreq. On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Dipankar Sarma wrote: > > IMO, the right thing to do would be to convert lock_cpu_hotplug() to > a get_cpu_hotplug()/put_cpu_hotplug() type semantics and use a more > scalable implementation underneath (as opposed to a global > semaphore/mutex). Yes, I think Gautham's patch-series basically did exactly that, no? Except it kept the old name. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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