Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932331AbWEHGDO (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 May 2006 02:03:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932333AbWEHGDN (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 May 2006 02:03:13 -0400 Received: from S010600138f6abc78.vc.shawcable.net ([24.85.144.67]:47025 "EHLO montezuma.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932331AbWEHGDN (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 May 2006 02:03:13 -0400 Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 23:02:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Shaohua Li cc: lkml , Srivatsa Vaddagiri , Ashok Raj , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/10] i386 implementation of cpu bulk removal In-Reply-To: <1147067152.2760.85.camel@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <1147067152.2760.85.camel@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 875 Lines: 24 On Mon, 8 May 2006, Shaohua Li wrote: > +config BULK_CPU_REMOVE > + bool "Support for bulk removal of CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL)" > + depends on HOTPLUG_CPU && EXPERIMENTAL > + help > + Say Y if need the ability to remove more than one cpu during cpu > + removal. Current mechanisms may be in-efficient when a NUMA > + node is being removed, which would involve removing one cpu at a > + time. This will let interrupts, timers and processes to be bound > + to a CPU that might be removed right after the current cpu is > + being offlined. > + Hello Shaohua, Is this config option a temporary/staging thing? Thanks, Zwane - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/