Re: [PATCH 3/4] scheduler: replace migration_thread with cpu_stop

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue May 04 2010 - 08:50:53 EST


On 05/04/2010 02:45 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> Hmmm... maybe I'm mistaken but isn't that guaranteed by
>> busiest->active_balance which is protected by the rq lock?
>> active_load_balance_cpu_stop is scheduled iff busiest->active_balance
>> was changed from zero and only active_load_balance_cpu_stop() can
>> clear it at the end of its execution at which point the
>> active_balance_work is safe to reuse.
>
> Ah, indeed. It wasn't obvious from looking at the patch, but when
> looking at the full code it fairly easy to see.

Hmmm... it's probably worthwhile to note tho. I'll add a comment and
send out the updated patches soon.

Thanks.

--
tejun
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