Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Dec 2005 08:26:54 +0530 | From | Srivatsa Vaddagiri <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix RCU race in access of nohz_cpu_mask |
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On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 10:31:06PM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > I think cpu should call cpu_quiet() after adding itself to nohz mask > to eliminate this race.
That would require rsp->lock to be taken on every idle CPU that wishes to go tickless. IMO that may not be a good idea.
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