linux-kernel - Re: [rfc patch-rt] posix_cpu_timers: Kill hotplug cpu notifier

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Date:   Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:34:11 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [rfc patch-rt] posix_cpu_timers: Kill hotplug cpu notifier

On 2017-01-20 18:29:54 [+0100], Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-01-20 at 17:46 +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > On 2016-12-26 08:00:54 [+0100], Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > > Shamelessly steal softirq.c thread initialization method.
> > What is the problem here?
> 
> There is no problem in 4.9.  I did that for upstream, thought it might 
> save someone a minute or two.

I see. The subject says RT so I assumed it is somehow RT related. But as
of now we should have this hotplug notifier removed, right?

> 	-Mike

Sebastian