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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/7] sched: implement force_cpus_allowed()
Hello,

On 12/07/2009 08:07 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On 12/07/2009 07:54 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> So we seem to do cleanup_workqueue_thread() from CPU_POST_DEAD, but at
>> that time any thread that might still be around will most certainly not
>> be running on the offlined cpu anymore.
>>
>> If you really want to ensure you remain on the cpu, you have to complete
>> from CPU_DOWN_PREPARE.
>>
>> We're not running things from offline CPUs.
>
> Oh, no, we're not doing that. We can't do that. What we're doing is
> to continue to process works which were queued on the now offline cpu
> unless it has been flushed/cancled from one of the cpu down
> notifications and the reason why we need to be able to fork after
> active is clear is to guarantee those flush/cancels don't deadlock.

Does my explanation justify the patch?

Thanks.

--
tejun


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