Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] CPU hotplug, freezer: Fix bugs in CPU hotplug call path | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:48:59 +0200 |
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On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 02:26 +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: > > So, we should mutually exclude cpu hotplugging and freezing/thawing to > ensure that during the entire duration that the callbacks for the notified > event are running, the state introduced by that event holds good.
Yes we should, but I'd rather see that done on a more fundamental level, and not frob yet another mutex in the already complex hotplug system.
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