Re: [PATCH] perf_events: fix bug in AMD per-cpu initialization

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Mar 23 2010 - 11:08:18 EST


On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 15:55 +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> What's the point of CPU_ONLINE vs. CPU_STARTING if you're saying the
> former is never right? Why not move CPU_ONLINE to the right place and
> drop CPU_STARTING?

Its right for a lot of things, just not for perf, we need to be ready
and done by the time the cpu starts scheduling.

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