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On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:

> I think if it is up to me, I recommend going the simpler  route that
> does the allocation in flush_all using GFP_ATOMIC for
> CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y and sends an IPI to all CPUs if it fails, because
> it is simpler code and in the end I believe it is also correct.

I support that. Pekka?