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.\"    Manual: Driver Basics
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "WORK_ON_CPU" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
work_on_cpu \- run a function in user context on a particular cpu
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'long\ work_on_cpu('u
.BI "long work_on_cpu(int\ " "cpu" ", long\ (*" "fn" ")\ (void\ *), void\ *\ " "arg" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIcpu\fR
.RS 4
the cpu to run on
.RE
.PP
\fIfn\fR
.RS 4
the function to run
.RE
.PP
\fIarg\fR
.RS 4
the function arg
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
It is up to the caller to ensure that the cpu doesn\*(Aqt go offline\&. The caller must not hold any locks which would prevent
\fIfn\fR
from completing\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
The value
\fIfn\fR
returns\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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