Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:56:09 -0700 | From | Tim Hockin <> | Subject | Re: 2.7 thoughts |
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On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 11:29:09AM -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > I think there is some generalized cpu hotplug stuff that's gone in that > direction already, though I don't know any details. The bits about non- > cooperative offlining were very interesting to hear, though.
I spoke with Rusty about it at OLS. I haven't tracked the hotplug CPU projects. I think that TASK_UNRUNNABLE is the sane way to handle said edge case, but at the time Rusty was leaning towards SIGPOWER.
-- Notice that as computers are becoming easier and easier to use, suddenly there's a big market for "Dummies" books. Cause and effect, or merely an ironic juxtaposition of unrelated facts?
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