Re: [RFC][PATCH][EXPERIMENTAL] CPU hotplug with frozen tasks

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wednesday, 18 April 2007 11:42, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The patch looks good to me. 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 11:27:58PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > 
> > ---
> >  Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt             |    9 +++++++--
> >  arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c    |    2 ++
> >  arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c |    2 ++
> >  arch/i386/kernel/cpuid.c                  |    2 ++
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Though I am wondering what might be the usecase for microcode! 

Well, for 2.6.21-rc I had to introduce the variable suspend_cpu_hotplug (in
cpu.c) and make the microcode driver use it to distinguish between the 'normal'
and suspend-related CPU hotplug.  I'd like to get rid of this ugliness ASAP.

> Guess we'll see that patch soon :-)

Yes, in a couple of days.  I have to make both patches apply to -mm first. :-)

Greetings,
Rafael
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