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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:36:17 +0100
Subject: [RFC PATCH 6/8] ARM: smp: Use generic API for ipi
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 01:30:09PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> Support dynamic IPI allocation. It supports cases
> where user wants to use IPI for communication among cpus
> and setup own handler for it.
> 
> New functions set_ipi_handler/clear_ipi_handler are used
> for dynamic allocation.

For what purpose?