linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] pseries/hotplug: Change the default behaviour of cede

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Message-ID: <87o8y45sxt.fsf@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:03:26 -0500
From:   Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Kamalesh Babulal <kamaleshb@...ibm.com>,
        "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] pseries/hotplug: Change the default behaviour of cede_offline

"Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> This is the v2 of the fix to change the default behaviour of
> cede_offline.

OK, but why keep the cede offline behavior at all? Can we remove it? I
think doing so would allow us to remove all the code that temporarily
onlines threads for partition migration.