On 13/02/2020 11:32, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The main aim of this series is to reduce the pressure around
> cpu_add_remove_lock by converting it into a rw lock. Most users of the
> lock want to take it in read mode, as they only care about the maps not
> changing.
>
> Patch #2 makes the writers take the lock in blocking mode, this is
> mainly done to reduce the failure of the CPU plug/unplug operations,
> since the lock is more contended now and trylock can easily fail if
> there are readers.

Seems like a very sensible move.

Both patches Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com>

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