Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757914AbXFBHdQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 03:33:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754785AbXFBHdE (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 03:33:04 -0400 Received: from il.qumranet.com ([82.166.9.18]:43249 "EHLO il.qumranet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754710AbXFBHdC (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 03:33:02 -0400 Message-ID: <46611D2B.1060004@qumranet.com> Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:32:59 +0300 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070419) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jun Koi CC: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [GIT PULL][RESEND] KVM cpu hotplug fixes References: <465FB8AA.6050504@qumranet.com> <46604A05.6060507@qumranet.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (firebolt.argo.co.il [0.0.0.0]); Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:32:59 +0300 (IDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1386 Lines: 43 Jun Koi wrote: > Hi Avi, > > On 6/2/07, Avi Kivity wrote: >> Linus Torvalds wrote: >> > Don't send me pull requests like this. And absolutely do NOT send >> them as >> > resends. I just get grumpy. >> > >> > If all the added code had been KVM-only, I might not care. But when >> the >> > bulk of the code touches core files, you had better explain why >> this is so >> > important that it cannot wait for the next merge window. >> >> Ok. This was really wanted by laptop-carrying users, but I guess >> they'll have to wait for 2.6.23. >> > > Could you explain a bit: > > 1) Why CPU hotplug is that important for virtualization? > It's not specifically important for virtualization. It's a Linux kernel feature, and right now it doesn't work very well when kvm is enabled, and that should be fixed. > 2) Why this patch is wanted by laptop users? CPU hotplug is used by suspend/resume (basically, suspend hot-unplugs all cpus except one an then suspends the machine. Resume hotplugs the cpus back after restarting the devices). -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. - 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/