Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:33:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Raghava Raju <vraghava_raju@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: To make a function get executed on cpu2
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Raghava Raju wrote:

> In multicpu systems in kernel version 2.4.19, how 
> can we specify that a function be executed on 
> a cpu of our choice(say cpu_2). Moreover if I call a
> function from cpu_1 to be executed on cpu_2, I dont
> want to wait in cpu_1 until complete execution of
> function on cpu_2 . Is it possible?????
> 
> Any example would be really helpful. Please 
> mail back to vraghava_raju@yahoo.com.

You can't really do it portably across all architectures, Alpha has 
smp_call_function_on_cpu which would allow you to do this. If you're 
really desperate you could always do something like the following;

http://www.osdl.org/projects/irqapi/results/patch-cpu_hotplug-smp_call_function_on_cpu_i386

Good luck,
	Zwane
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