Re: [PATCH] smp_call_function WARN_ON

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Manfred Spraul wrote:

> Wrong: At least on i386 the code always waits for delivery of the IPI,
> it just doesn't wait for completion of the callback.
> Do you need IPIs from irq or bh context? It would be tricky to change
> the current code: an IPI just delivers an interrupt without any payload.
> The global 'call_data' variable contains the description of the IPI and
> accesses to it must be synchronized.

Oops yes you're right, i'd have to setup a seperate vector to be able to
do it without the wait entirely. Sorry about the noise.

Thanks,
	Zwane

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