Re: [PATCH] [4/4] SLAB: Fix node add timer race in cache_reap

[Pekka Enberg]

Christoph Lameter kirjoitti:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2010, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> > > How, may I ask? cpuup_prepare in the hotplug notifier should always
> > > run before start_cpu_timer.
> > I'm not fully sure, but I have the oops to prove it :)
>
> I still suspect that this has something to do with Pekka's changing the
> boot order for allocator bootstrap. Can we clarify why these problems
> exist before we try band aid?

I don't see how my changes broke things but maybe I'm not looking hard 
enough. Cache reaping is still setup from cpucache_init() which is an 
initcall which is not affected by my changes AFAICT and from 
cpuup_callback() which shoulda also not be affected.

				Pekka
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