linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] cpusets: Add provisions for distinguishing CPU Hotplug in suspend/resume path

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Date:	Mon, 14 May 2012 17:33:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] cpusets: Add provisions for distinguishing CPU
 Hotplug in suspend/resume path

On Mon, 14 May 2012, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:

> Cpusets needs to distinguish between a regular CPU Hotplug operation and a
> CPU Hotplug operation carried out as part of the suspend/resume sequence.
> So add provisions to facilitate that, so that the two operations can be
> handled differently.
> 

There's no functional change with this patch and it's unclear from this 
changelog why we need to distinguish between the two, so perhaps fold this 
into patch 5 or explain how this will be helpful in this changelog?  
Otherwise it doesn't seem justifiable to add 30 more lines of code.
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