Mathieu Desnoyers
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In smp_call_function_many_cond(), the local cond_func() is evaluated after triggering the remote CPU IPIs. If cond_func() depends on loading shared state updated by other CPU's IPI handlers func(), then triggering execution of remote CPUs IPI before evaluating cond_func() may have unexpected consequences. One example scenario is evaluating a jiffies delay in cond_func(), which is updated by func() in the IPI handlers. This situation can prevent execution of periodic cleanup code on the local CPU. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241203163558.3455535-1-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.