Re: [patch] SMP alternatives for i386

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

diff -urN -x 'build-*' -x '*~' -x Make -x scripts linux-2.6.15-rc5/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c work-2.6.15-rc5/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
--- linux-2.6.15-rc5/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c	2005-12-06 17:00:36.000000000 +0100
+++ work-2.6.15-rc5/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c	2005-12-06 17:06:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -1351,6 +1352,9 @@
 	fixup_irqs(map);
 	/* It's now safe to remove this processor from the online map */
 	cpu_clear(cpu, cpu_online_map);
+
+	if (1 == num_online_cpus())
+		alternatives_smp_switch(0);
 	return 0;
 }

Is that really safe there? Ideally you want to do the switch when the 
processor going offline is no longer executing kernel code.

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