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| author | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2008-07-25 10:40:14 -0400 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2008-07-25 10:40:14 -0400 |
| commit | ff877ea80efa2015b6263766f78ee42c2a1b32f9 (patch) | |
| tree | 85205005c611ab774702148558321c6fb92f1ccd /Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | |
| parent | 30821fee4f0cb3e6d241d9f7ddc37742212e3eb7 (diff) | |
| parent | d37e6bf68fc1eb34a4ad21d9ae8890ed37ea80e7 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/~dedekind/ubi-2.6
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt index c64158ecde43..a6d32e65d222 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt @@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ Since NMI handlers disable preemption, synchronize_sched() is guaranteed not to return until all ongoing NMI handlers exit. It is therefore safe to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns. +Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must +invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively. + Answer to Quick Quiz |