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SubjectRe: [patch 00/40] CPU hotplug rework - episode I
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Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> writes:
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> So for me it's the "expose these states" that I get worried about.. A
>> random driver should not necessarily even be able to *see* this, and
>> decide to be clever and take advantage of the ordering.
>>
>> So I'd hope there would be some visibility restrictions. We currently
>> have drivers already being confused by DOWN_PREPARE vs DOWN_FAILED etc
>> etc random state transitions, and giving them even more flexibility to
>> pick random states sounds like a really bad idea. I'd like to make
>> sure that drivers and filesystems etc do not even *see* the states
>> that are meant for the scheduler or workqueues, for example).

Yeah, I assume Episode II is where we collapse each into sane states
as Thomas clarified. That can be reviewed: I'd hate to try to do it
in one go.

Cheers,
Rusty.


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