Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] Fix race in timebase sync logic

[Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 8, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Amos Waterland wrote:

> The SMP timebase sync code that recently went in has a race in which
> secondary processor X+1 can potentially take the timebase offset  
> that is
> still in flight for secondary processor X.  The cause of this was
> marking a secondary processor online from the boot cpu and then trying
> to wait for the secondary processor to mark itself online.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <apw@xxxxxxxxxx>
  Brain-fart-by: Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks amos
-JX


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