linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 7/7] x86/crash: add x86 crash hotplug support

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Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2022 17:19:34 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
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        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 7/7] x86/crash: add x86 crash hotplug support

On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 09:55:06AM -0500, Eric DeVolder wrote:
> > "But on a plain simple laptop or workstation which has CPU hotplug,
> > would it make sense for the crash ranges to get updated too when CPUs
> > are offlined?
> 
> Yes, it does.

Why?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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