Re: 2.5.38-mm2 [PATCH]

Rusty Russell
2002-09-24T14:56:17Z

In message <20020924155428.B4085@in.ibm.com> you write:
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 02:41:09PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:15:59 +0530
> > Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> wrote:
> > > Later I will submit a full rcu_ltimer patch that contains
> > > the call_rcu_preempt() interface which can be useful for
> > > module unloading and the likes. This doesn't affect
> > > the non-preemption path.
> >
> > You don't need this: I've dropped the requirement for module
> > unload.
>
> Isn't wait_for_later() similar to synchornize_kernel() or has the
> entire module unloading design been changed since ?

Yes, that was *days* ago 8)

I now just use a synchronize_kernel() which schedules on every CPU,
and disable preempt in magic places.

Ingo growled at me...
Rusty.
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