Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Document the hotplug code is incompatible with x86 irq handling | Date | Fri, 1 Jun 2007 22:44:38 +0200 |
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[Removed the Zwane's address from the CC list, because I get rejects from it]
On Friday, 1 June 2007 22:29, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> writes: > > > Very well, but could you _please_ give us some time to do this? > > > > We know of the problem now and will work to fix it, but it's not _that_ easy. > > > > In fact, we also rely on the CPU hotplug's code that takes tasks away from the > > offlined CPUs (and does the opposite with respect to the onlined CPUs), so > > we just can't get rid of the CPU hotplug _right_ _now_. > > Sure. My primary point was to document this, and get things moving if > possible to fix it. This patch is 2.6.23 at the earliest, so there is > some time to work on it even on the most optimistic merge schedule. > > I just don't want to be complacent and let this problem sit undetected > in back corner any more.
So, can you advise what we can do to get the "nonboot" CPUs out of the picture during a suspend/hibernation?
Greetings, Rafael
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