Re: [PATCH v5 45/45] Documentation/cpu-hotplug: Remove references to stop_machine()

2013-02-08 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 01:15:48PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: > Since stop_machine() is no longer used in the CPU offline path, we cannot > disable CPU hotplug using preempt_disable()/local_irq_disable() etc. We > need to use the newly introduced get/put_online_cpus_atomic() APIs. > Reflect

Re: [PATCH v5 45/45] Documentation/cpu-hotplug: Remove references to stop_machine()

2013-02-08 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 01:15:48PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: Since stop_machine() is no longer used in the CPU offline path, we cannot disable CPU hotplug using preempt_disable()/local_irq_disable() etc. We need to use the newly introduced get/put_online_cpus_atomic() APIs. Reflect this

[PATCH v5 45/45] Documentation/cpu-hotplug: Remove references to stop_machine()

2013-01-21 Thread Srivatsa S. Bhat
Since stop_machine() is no longer used in the CPU offline path, we cannot disable CPU hotplug using preempt_disable()/local_irq_disable() etc. We need to use the newly introduced get/put_online_cpus_atomic() APIs. Reflect this in the documentation. Cc: Rob Landley Cc: linux-...@vger.kernel.org

[PATCH v5 45/45] Documentation/cpu-hotplug: Remove references to stop_machine()

2013-01-21 Thread Srivatsa S. Bhat
Since stop_machine() is no longer used in the CPU offline path, we cannot disable CPU hotplug using preempt_disable()/local_irq_disable() etc. We need to use the newly introduced get/put_online_cpus_atomic() APIs. Reflect this in the documentation. Cc: Rob Landley r...@landley.net Cc: