Re: [patch] fix netconsole hang with alt-sysrq-t

[Jeff Moyer]

==> Regarding Re: [patch] fix netconsole hang with alt-sysrq-t; Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@xxxxxxxxx> adds:

mulix> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 05:01:18PM -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote:
>> So how do you want to deal with this case?  We could do something like:
>> 
>> int cpu = smp_processor_id();

mulix> That doesn't look right, unless I'm missing something, you could get
mulix> preempted here (between the smp_processor_id() and the
mulix> local_irq_save() and end up with 'cpu' pointing to the wrong CPU.

Would a preempt_disable() be too hideous?  Other suggestions?

-Jeff
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