Re: softlockups in multi_cpu_stop

[Ming Lei]

On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-03-06 at 18:26 -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>> That's not what this is about. New lock _owners_ need to worry about
>                                                       ^^^ make that "need not"

Sorry, could you explain a bit why new owner can't be scheduled
out(on_cpu becomes zero)? If that is possible, it still can cause
soft lockup like current problem.

Thanks,
Ming Lei
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