> The get/put_online_cpus() doesn't help in this case, because if a > hotplug operation is started _after_ this function returns, then > your task will get force migrated - which makes the get/put_online_cpus() > pointless. What we need to do is *disable* CPU hotplug altogether. > We need not even enable it back, since we are rebooting/powering off > anyway. > > So how about using the following patch in your series and using > cpu_hotplug_disable() to achieve the goal?
I will incorporate it before my patch and utilize. Thank you very much as I was at a loss as to what I should be doing. Robin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
