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    SubjectRe: [Lse-tech] Re: [ckrm-tech] Re: [PATCH 00/01] Move Exit Connectors
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    "Paul E. McKenney" (on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:51:15 -0800) wrote:
    >On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 05:19:01PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
    >> OK, I have thought about it and ...
    >>
    >> notifier_call_chain_lockfree() must be called with preempt disabled.
    >>
    >Fair enough! A comment, perhaps? In a former life I would have also
    >demanded debug code to verify that preemption/interrupts/whatever were
    >actually disabled, given the very subtle nature of any resulting bugs...

    Comment - OK. Debug code is not required, the reference to
    smp_processor_id() already does all the debug checks that
    notifier_call_chain_lockfree() needs. CONFIG_PREEMPT_DEBUG is your
    friend.

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