Re: CPU Hotplug: Hotplug Script And SIGPWR

Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2004-01-20T09:26:49Z

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 12:37:01AM -0800, Tim Hockin wrote:
> If a CPU gets yanked with no warning, where do we
> run the signal handler? Violating affinity again.

With the current CPU Hotplug design, I don't think this is allowed.
A CPU has to be offlined first in software before it is yanked out
from hardware.

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Thanks and Regards,
Srivatsa Vaddagiri,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM Software Labs,
Bangalore, INDIA - 560017