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From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter : zap get_cpu()/put_cpu() calls from ip_tables
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:23:44 +0100
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The 'ip_tables: NUMA-aware allocation' patch 
(http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.16.git;a=commit;h=6d1273850cac8db77c462caaa145b813d93adc55)
introduced a problem with get_cpu()/put_cpu()

The problem is that get_cpu() disables preemption and the thread is not 
allowed to sleep.

As the intent was only to give a hint, relax the enforcement and switch to a 
hint : If the current thread is preempted and migrated to another cpu, this is 
not a problem. Most of the time, thread wont be migrated anyway.

This patch removes get_cpu()/put_cpu() pairs and uses raw_smp_processor_id() 
were appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>

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