Re: [RFC, 0/7] NUMA Hotplug emulator

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Fri May 14 2010 - 03:00:35 EST


* Shaohui Zheng <shaohui.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> [2010-05-13 19:36:30]:

> Hi, All
> This patchset introduces NUMA hotplug emulator for x86. it refers too
> many files and might introduce new bugs, so we send a RFC to comminity first
> and expect comments and suggestions, thanks.
>
> * WHAT IS HOTPLUG EMULATOR
>
> NUMA hotplug emulator is collectively named for the hotplug emulation
> it is able to emulate NUMA Node Hotplug thru a pure software way. It
> intends to help people easily debug and test node/cpu/memory hotplug
> related stuff on a none-numa-hotplug-support machine, even an UMA machine.
>
> The emulator provides mechanism to emulate the process of physcial cpu/mem
> hotadd, it provides possibility to debug CPU and memory hotplug on the machines
> without NUMA support for kenrel developers. It offers an interface for cpu
> and memory hotplug test purpose.
>

Sounds like an interesting project, could you please

Post your patches as threaded, ideally having 0/7 to 7/7 in a thread
helps track the patches and comments.

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Three Cheers,
Balbir
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