Re: CPU Hotplug: Hotplug Script And SIGPWR

Tim Hockin
2004-01-20T06:52:20Z

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 05:43:59PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> >I think the sanest thing for a CPU removal is to migrate everything off the
> >processor in question, move unrunnable tasks into TASK_UNRUNNABLE state,
> >then notify /sbin/hotplug. The hotplug script can then find and handle the
> >unrunnable tasks. No SIGPWR grossness needed.
> >
> >Code against 2.4 at http://www.hockin.org/~thockin/procstate - it was
> >heavily tested and I *think* it is all correct (for that kernel snapshot).
>
> Seems less robust and more ad hoc than SIGPWR, however.

Disagree. SIGPWR will kill any process that doesn't catch it. That's
policy. It seems more robust to let the hotplug script decide what to do.
If it wants to kill each unrunnable task with SIGPWR, it can. But if it
wants to let them live, it can.

Tim