linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [8/11] SYSCTL: Convert hotplug helper string to proc_rcu

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Message-ID: <20091222190345.GA26392@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:03:45 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [8/11] SYSCTL: Convert hotplug helper string to
 proc_rcu_string()

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 02:20:29AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> This avoids races with lockless sysctl.
> 
> I also moved the code into a separate function because the original
> was very long.
> 
> Cc: greg@...ah.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

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