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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/11] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Jens Axboe wrote:
> 
> But wait, falling back to wait cannot always be safe if we are called
> with interrupts disabled. I don't see any way around using the global
> fallback for that case.

Hmm. Good point. It does look like you need three cases.

		Linus