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Subject: Re: fix BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code (resend)
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On 08/19/2010 10:03 AM, Roedel, Joerg wrote:
> 
> The notifier is preemtible so it can run on another CPU. So using the
> supplied cpu arguemnt in the path looks like the right solution to me.
> 

Sounds good -- Sergey, can you send a patch under cleaned up cover
(meaning just the one patch, with a description of why the change is the
right one)?

	-hpa