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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2010-01-05 09:17:33 +0900
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2010-01-05 09:17:33 +0900
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Merge branch 'master' into percpu
Conflicts: arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S include/linux/percpu.h
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diff --git a/include/linux/preempt.h b/include/linux/preempt.h
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@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ struct preempt_notifier;
* @sched_out: we've just been preempted
* notifier: struct preempt_notifier for the task being preempted
* next: the task that's kicking us out
+ *
+ * Please note that sched_in and out are called under different
+ * contexts. sched_out is called with rq lock held and irq disabled
+ * while sched_in is called without rq lock and irq enabled. This
+ * difference is intentional and depended upon by its users.
*/
struct preempt_ops {
void (*sched_in)(struct preempt_notifier *notifier, int cpu);