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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2008-07-16 11:07:59 +1000 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2008-07-16 11:07:59 +1000 |
| commit | 84c3d4aaec3338201b449034beac41635866bddf (patch) | |
| tree | 3412951682fb2dd4feb8a5532f8efbaf8b345933 /Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | |
| parent | 43d2548bb2ef7e6d753f91468a746784041e522d (diff) | |
| parent | fafa3a3f16723997f039a0193997464d66dafd8f (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'origin/master'
Manual merge of:
arch/powerpc/Kconfig
arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c
arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
arch/ppc/kernel/smp.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt index c64158ecde43..a6d32e65d222 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt @@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ Since NMI handlers disable preemption, synchronize_sched() is guaranteed not to return until all ongoing NMI handlers exit. It is therefore safe to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns. +Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must +invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively. + Answer to Quick Quiz |
