On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 08:29:30PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2014, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Well. If you add the delay, you'll mask real problems and cause regressions
> > when
> > the delay is removed -- because fix-hotplug will probably take time to get
> > right.
> >
> > Bad idea, AFAICT.
>
> Agreed, but Boris is right, that the current duct tape hackery needs
> to stop. And the delay was the desperate attempt to wake up people to
> focus on replacing the current mess instead of making it more
> entangled.
I think Pavel is missing the point: the delay will be removed with the
rewrite of cpu hotplug, after it actually works reliably. Then we won't
need delay anyway.
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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