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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@au1.ibm.com>
To: Silas Boyd-Wickizer <sbw@mit.edu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4 V2] Use get_online_cpus to avoid races involving CPU hotplug
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Silas Boyd-Wickizer <sbw@mit.edu> writes:

> Hello,
>
> This is the second version of the patches to fix races described in:
>
>   https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/linux.kernel/iSUDr94Qehc
>
> The changes in this version are:
>
>   * fix commit log typo;
>   * prevent a race in via_cputemp_exit;
>   * and a new patch that prevents races during init/exit in
>     drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c.

Hi Silas,

        Good work! How did you find these?

Cheers,
Rusty.