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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] adjust the way cpumasks get passed around (v2)

To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] adjust the way cpumasks get passed around (v2)
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 14:43:59 +0100
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On 25/05/2009 14:27, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On x86 this changes send_IPI_mask() to always only send IPIs to remote
> CPUs (meaning any caller needing to handle the current CPU as well has
> to do so on its own).

Why?

 -- Keir



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