Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 29/45] kvm/vmx: Use get/put_online_cpus_atomic() to prevent CPU offline

From: Paolo Bonzini <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:46:38 +0200

Il 25/06/2013 22:30, Srivatsa S. Bhat ha scritto:
> -	cpu = get_cpu();
> +	cpu = get_online_cpus_atomic();
>  	vmx_vcpu_load(&vmx->vcpu, cpu);
>  	vmx->vcpu.cpu = cpu;
>  	err = vmx_vcpu_setup(vmx);
>  	vmx_vcpu_put(&vmx->vcpu);
> -	put_cpu();
> +	put_online_cpus_atomic();

The new API has a weird name.  Why are you adding new functions instead
of just modifying get/put_cpu?

Paolo