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SubjectRe: RFC [PATCH] SMP: Don't schedule tasks on inactive cpu(s)
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On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 11:42 +0100, Jonas Aaberg wrote:
> This patch removes the ability to schedule tasks on cpus that are online,
> but not active. The reason for this patch is that during cpu hotplug
> on ARM (atleast) there is a short window where cpuX (X > 0) is online, but
> busy-waiting on cpu0 to put it active, meanwhile cpu0 can be interrupted
> and try to schedule something on the cpu that is busy checking its active bit.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/12/15/255

that one?

I _think_ its correct, but it would be so good if someone else could
verify.


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