Re: [RFC, 0/7] NUMA Hotplug emulator

From: Shaohui Zheng
Date: Sat May 15 2010 - 08:04:31 EST


On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:27:44PM +0530, Balbir Singh wrote:
> * Shaohui Zheng <shaohui.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> [2010-05-13 19:36:30]:
>
> > Hi, All
> > This patchset introduces NUMA hotplug emulator for x86. it refers too
> > many files and might introduce new bugs, so we send a RFC to comminity first
> > and expect comments and suggestions, thanks.
> >
> > * WHAT IS HOTPLUG EMULATOR
> >
> > NUMA hotplug emulator is collectively named for the hotplug emulation
> > it is able to emulate NUMA Node Hotplug thru a pure software way. It
> > intends to help people easily debug and test node/cpu/memory hotplug
> > related stuff on a none-numa-hotplug-support machine, even an UMA machine.
> >
> > The emulator provides mechanism to emulate the process of physcial cpu/mem
> > hotadd, it provides possibility to debug CPU and memory hotplug on the machines
> > without NUMA support for kenrel developers. It offers an interface for cpu
> > and memory hotplug test purpose.
> >
>
> Sounds like an interesting project, could you please
>
> Post your patches as threaded, ideally having 0/7 to 7/7 in a thread
> helps track the patches and comments.
>
> --
> Three Cheers,
> Balbir

Sorry for the late response, I have no experience to post all the patches into one
thread, I will consult local expert.

Thanks Balbir, because of your guys's feedbacks and review comments, the code quality
should be guaranteed.

--
Thanks & Regards,
Shaohui

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