Re: [PATCH 6/10] i386 implementation of cpu bulk removal

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Mon, 8 May 2006, Shaohua Li wrote:

> +config BULK_CPU_REMOVE
> +	bool "Support for bulk removal of CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> +	depends on HOTPLUG_CPU && EXPERIMENTAL
> +	help
> +	  Say Y if need the ability to remove more than one cpu during cpu
> +	  removal. Current mechanisms may be in-efficient when a NUMA
> +	  node is being removed, which would involve removing one cpu at a
> +	  time. This will let interrupts, timers and processes to be bound
> +	  to a CPU that might be removed right after the current cpu is
> +	  being offlined.
> +

Hello Shaohua,
	Is this config option a temporary/staging thing?

Thanks,
	Zwane
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