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From: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] powerpc: cpu offline/online fixes for CONFIG_PREEMPT
Date: Wed,  4 Aug 2010 21:28:32 -0700
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The following patch series addresses several issues detected during intense CPU
offline/online testing on the mainline kernel with CONFIG_PREEMPT=y. These
patches require the following patch from Brian King:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/59645/

Tested against linux-2.6.git master with and without CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT.