From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Understanding stop_machine() use for cpu_down()
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 07:10:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170126071007.GA26597@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADdiZBT-wvAmmtRem1=arnvPcyJrgH3s43ngAuzqk3poHe-FJA@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 06:41:53PM -0500, Hardik H Bagdi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to understand why stop_machine() is necessary for
> cpu_down() operation.
Great! But you might want to ask this on a linux kernel specific
mailing list. This is for the old linux hotplug scripts :)
Perhaps linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org and cc: the proper kernel
developers who work in this area?
good luck!
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-26 7:10 UTC|newest]
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2017-01-25 23:41 Understanding stop_machine() use for cpu_down() Hardik H Bagdi
2017-01-26 7:10 ` Greg KH [this message]
2017-01-26 14:09 ` Hardik H Bagdi
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