RE: [PATCH RFC V3 00/29] Support of Virtual CPU Hotplug for ARMv8 Arch

[Salil Mehta via <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>]

Hi Vishnu,
 
> From: Vishnu Pajjuri <vishnu@amperemail.onmicrosoft.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 10:53 AM
> To: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com>; qemu-devel@nongnu.org; qemu-arm@nongnu.org; mst@redhat.com
> 
> Hi Salil,
> On 14-06-2024 05:06, Salil Mehta wrote:
> PROLOGUE
> ========
> 
> To assist in review and set the right expectations from this RFC, please first
> read the sections *APPENDED AT THE END* of this cover letter:
> 
> 1. Important *DISCLAIMER* [Section (X)]
> 2. Work presented at KVMForum Conference (slides available) [Section (V)F]
> 3. Organization of patches [Section (XI)]
> 4. References [Section (XII)]
> 5. Detailed TODO list of leftover work or work-in-progress [Section (IX)]
> 
> There has been interest shown by other organizations in adapting this series
> for their architecture. Hence, RFC V2 [21] has been split into architecture
> *agnostic* [22] and *specific* patch sets.
> 
> This is an ARM architecture-specific patch set carved out of RFC V2. Please
> check section (XI)B for details of architecture agnostic patches.
> 
> SECTIONS [I - XIII] are as follows:
> 
> (I) Key Changes [details in last section (XIV)]
> ==============================================
> 
> RFC V2 -> RFC V3
> 
> 1. Split into Architecture *agnostic* (V13) [22] and *specific* (RFC V3) patch sets.
> 2. Addressed comments by Gavin Shan (RedHat), Shaoqin Huang (RedHat), Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (Linaro),
> > Jonathan Cameron (Huawei), Zhao Liu (Intel).
> I tried following test cases with rfc-v3 and kernel patches v10, and it's looking good on Ampere platforms.
> • Regular hotplug and hot unplug tests
> • Live migration with and with out hot-plugging vcpus tests
> Please feel free to add,
> Tested-by: Vishnu Pajjuri mailto:vishnu@os.amperecomputing.com


Many thanks for testing and confirming the functionality. Really appreciate this!

Best
Salil.


> 
> Regards,
> -Vishnu.
> 
> RFC V1 -> RFC V2
>