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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@holomorphy.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5] Remove BUG in cpu_up
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:56:53 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021114013718.0FA082C243@lists.samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:17:54 CDT." <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211130804380.24523-100000@montezuma.mastecende.com>

In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211130804380.24523-100000@montezuma.mastecende.com> 
you write:
> On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
> > Err, no.  If __cpu_up(cpu) succeeded, that means the cpu should bloody
> > well be online!
> 
> smp startup looks rather convoluted to me right now, but if i see it 
> correctly, __cpu_up should eventually be doing a wakeup_secondary_via_INIT 
> on vanilla i386 correct? In that case, the processor accepting the IPI 
> doesn't necessarily mean it will have managed to initialise (if at all) itsel
f by 

It is bloody convoluted.  Hmm, the arch needs to wait before returning
"success" on __cpu_up.

Cheers,
Rusty.
--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-14  1:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-13  3:42 [PATCH][2.5] Remove BUG in cpu_up Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-11-13  9:33 ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-13 13:17   ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-11-14  1:56     ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2002-11-14  3:18       ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-11-14  5:08         ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-14 22:24           ` Zwane Mwaikambo

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