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From: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Cpupools and pdata_alloc
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 12:47:51 -0500
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It appears that in the new cpupools code:
* pdata_allocate is called from alloc_vcpu() with that cpu for the first time.
* this happens usually when dom0's cpus are allocated, as it cycles
through all of the cpus

This seems a bit strange to me.  Wouldn't it make more sense to pass,
or to make available, a cpumask of the cpus in a pool to the init
function?

Also, is there documentation of the cpupool lifecycle anywhere, to
help scheduler writers understand what's going on?

 -George