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> I'm planning on fixing this by rewriting this code and using stop_machine_run()
> to synchronize the cpus instead of doing it in the ipi_handler.  
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> Unless, of course, someone has a better suggestion.
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Heh ... stop_machine() isn't going to work because of the scheduling
restriction :/

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