linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/cpu: Make VCPU hotplug code online CPUs properly.

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Message-ID: <1328886226.6133.271.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:03:46 +0000
From:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/cpu: Make VCPU hotplug code online CPUs
 properly.

On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 14:43 +0000, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> Offlining CPUs works. Onlining does not work anymore and it looks
> like we were missing a cpu_up() call in the hotplug bring up path.

Wasn't this a deliberate decision as part of the pvops upstreaming to be
consistent with native cpu hotplug? After hotplugging a CPU
administrator action is needed to actually online it.

http://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/cpu-down-but-no-cpu-up-in-drivers-xen-cpu-hotplug-c-td2545244.html

The fix is to add a udev rule:
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Paravirt_Linux_CPU_Hotplug

Ian.


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