linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] scheduler changes for v3.3

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Message-ID: <20120106191706.GB4164@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:17:06 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] scheduler changes for v3.3


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> [...] Also double-check my resolve of the 
> set_cpu_sd_state_idle() call in kernel/time/tick-sched.c, 
> please. I've pushed it out, and it seems to work for me, 
> but...

Looks good at first sight - set_cpu_sd_state_idle() is only 
called from the idle thread when it is going idle - so there 
should neither be any irq context callers nor any preemption 
going on - no races.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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