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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-16 00:29:07 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-16 00:29:07 +0200 |
| commit | 82638844d9a8581bbf33201cc209a14876eca167 (patch) | |
| tree | 961d7f9360194421a71aa644a9d0c176a960ce49 /Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | |
| parent | 9982fbface82893e77d211fbabfbd229da6bdde6 (diff) | |
| parent | 63cf13b77ab785e87c867defa8545e6d4a989774 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096
Conflicts:
arch/x86/xen/smp.c
kernel/sched_rt.c
net/iucv/iucv.c
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt index c64158e..a6d32e6 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 |
