linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: only call smp_processor

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Message-ID: <20101118081407.GB23481@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:14:07 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: only call smp_processor_id in non-preempt cases


* Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com> wrote:

> There are some paths that walk the die_chain with preemption on.

What are those codepaths? At minimum it's worth documenting them.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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