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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

  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-26  7:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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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