Re: [Patch -v4 1/4] Migrate shutdown/reboot to boot cpu.

[Robin Holt]

> The get/put_online_cpus() doesn't help in this case, because if a
> hotplug operation is started _after_ this function returns, then
> your task will get force migrated - which makes the get/put_online_cpus()
> pointless. What we need to do is *disable* CPU hotplug altogether.
> We need not even enable it back, since we are rebooting/powering off
> anyway.
> 
> So how about using the following patch in your series and using
> cpu_hotplug_disable() to achieve the goal?

I will incorporate it before my patch and utilize.  Thank you very
much as I was at a loss as to what I should be doing.

Robin
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