Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:59:10 +0530 | From | Maneesh Soni <> | Subject | Re: smp_call_function & BH handlers |
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 04:28:49PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Maneesh Soni wrote: > > > Why is it ok to call smp_call_function from bottom half handlers? [...] > > which part of the kernel is calling smp_call_function() from bh contexts? > > Ingo
I am working with Dipankar on Read-Copy Update, and experimenting with smp_call_function(). We believed the comments for this routine and faced this problem. That's why this question came. I have not yet searched kernel sources for such places hence not sure whether there are really such places or not.
Maneesh
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