Re: softlockups in multi_cpu_stop

Ming Lei
2015-03-07T02:55:44Z

On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-03-06 at 18:26 -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>> That's not what this is about. New lock _owners_ need to worry about
> ^^^ make that "need not"

Sorry, could you explain a bit why new owner can't be scheduled
out(on_cpu becomes zero)? If that is possible, it still can cause
soft lockup like current problem.

Thanks,
Ming Lei