Re: [Xen-devel] xen-hotplug.patch

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2 Aug 2006, at 15:02, Jan Beulich wrote:

> Could someone point out the relevance of that patch (in 
> patches/linux-2.6.16.13/). For my eyes it looks just wrong, as
> it reverts the general effort of not touching per-CPU data of offline 
> CPUs.
> Thanks, Jan
top (at least old versions) would crash if the number of online 
processors changed while they ran. Hence this patch. Not clear it's 
really a good fix, but it does okay as a workaround.
  -- Keir


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