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SubjectRe: [PATCH v13 7/7] x86/crash: add x86 crash hotplug support
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On 11/2/22 04:26, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 10:45:00AM -0500, Eric DeVolder wrote:
>> As I'm re-reading that message, I suspect now the preference is to just to
>> strike this ifdiffery line in this file and have the code always present?
>>
>> If the preference is actually for CRASH_HOTPLUG, then let me know.
>
> Well, it is this part:
>
> "But on a plain simple laptop or workstation which has CPU hotplug,
> would it make sense for the crash ranges to get updated too when CPUs
> are offlined?

Yes, it does.

>
> If so, I think you want this code present there too, without a Kconfig
> item."

Ah, ok.

>
> IOW, if this thing doesn't make sense to have on the majority of
> machines out there - and memory hotplug machines are not the majority -
> then it should be behind a Kconfig item which is default off and gets
> enabled only when the user selects crash and memory hotplug...
>
> I'd say.
>

Ok, I'll will remove the ifdef line/pair.

Thanks!
eric

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