linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] time: add an offline-cpu check in add_timer

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Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:03:12 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Miao Xie <miaox@...fujitsu.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] time: add an offline-cpu check in add_timer_on()

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Miao Xie wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>   I think we need a check in the function add_timer_on() to avoid adding a
> timer into the timer list of an offline cpu.
> 
> This patch fixes this problem in add_timer_on().

No, the patch is not fixing the problem. It crashes the machine.

Where did you run into this problem ?

Thanks,

	tglx

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