Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Dec 2018 07:26:53 -0800 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] srcu: Remove srcu_queue_delayed_work_on() |
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 04:03:58PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > On 2018-12-12 22:05:19 [+0800], Boqun Feng wrote: > > So Jiangshan and TJ, what's your opion on this one? If we call a > > queue_work_on() at a place where that target cpu may be offlined, I > > think we have the guarantee that the work will be eventually executed > > even if the cpu is never online again, right? In other words, if a cpu > > has been online once, queue_work_on() on it will be free from racing > > with cpu hotplug. > > > > Am I right about this, or did I miss something subtle? > > tj answered this one: > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180919205521.GE902964@devbig004.ftw2.facebook.com
I must confess that I would have felt better about that email had it been more definite than "is might just work already". ;-)
Thanx, Paul
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