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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:42:33 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>, Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>, Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> Subject: Re: [PATCH] generic-ipi: fix deadlock in __smp_call_function_single * Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote: > Maybe. Or maybe it papers over a scheduler bug by gratuitously adding > additional code which no present callsites actually need. Hm, indeed. We now have the scheduler bug fixed upstream. Do we really need this patch? > The patch didn't update the __smp_call_function_single() kerneldoc. > Compare it with smp_call_function_single() and note the subtle > difference between "a specific CPU" and the now incorrect "on another > CPU". In any case this feedback didnt get addressed AFAICS. Ingo -- 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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