Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] Refcount Based Cpu-Hotplug Implementation

[Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com>]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 04:29:12PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 October 2007 15:37:54 Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 10:47:41AM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 16 October 2007 20:34:17 Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> > > > This patch implements a Refcount + Waitqueue based model for
> > > > cpu-hotplug.
> > >
> > > Hi Gautham,
> >
> > Hi Rusty,
> >
> > > 	I can't see where you re-initialize the completion.
> >
> > The cpu_hotplug.readers_done is a global variable which has been
> > initialized in cpu_hotplug_init.
> >
> > So I am wondering is the re-initialization required ?
> 
> Yes.  AFAICT you use this completion on every hotplug.  Yet once a completion 
> is completed, it needs to be re-initialized to be reused: it's "complete" and 
> wait_for_completion will return immediately thereafter.
>

Okay, I thought completion followed the spinlock semantics, and hence 
didn't require re-initalization. Thanks for that information!

> Perhaps you want a waitqueue instead?

Yes, I had considered it. But completion looked appealing since it 
already had the wait-queuing code. I'll give it a try and repost 
the series with other changes.

> 
> Rusty.

Thanks and Regards
gautham.
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Gautham R Shenoy
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