linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 8/8] xen/pvh: Enable CPU hotplug

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Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:41:25 +0100
From:   Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>
To:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        <david.vrabel@...rix.com>, <JGross@...e.com>
CC:     <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <roger.pau@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 8/8] xen/pvh: Enable CPU hotplug

On 14/10/16 19:05, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> PVH guests don't receive ACPI hotplug interrupts and therefore
> need to monitor xenstore for CPU hotplug event.

Why not?  If they don't, they should.  As we are providing ACPI anyway,
we should provide all bits of it.

~Andrew