linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 15/45] rcu: Use get/put_online_cpus

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Message-ID: <AE90C24D6B3A694183C094C60CF0A2F6026B72AA@saturn3.aculab.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:29:40 +0100
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 15/45] rcu: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to prevent CPU offline

> Once stop_machine() is gone from the CPU offline path, we won't be able
> to depend on disabling preemption to prevent CPUs from going offline
> from under us.

Could you use an rcu-like sequence so that disabling pre-emption
would be enough?

Something like rebuilding the cpu list, then forcing yourself
to run on all the cpu.

That would be far less intrusive.

	David



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