Re: [PATCH 01/21] arch_topology: Make register_cpu_capacity_sysctl() tolerant to late CPUs

Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:45:06 +0100
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On Tue, Nov 21 2023 at 13:43, Russell King wrote:
> ---
> If the offline CPUs thing is a problem for the tools that consume
> this value, we'd need to move cpu_capacity to be part of cpu.c's
> common_cpu_attr_groups. However, attempts to discuss this just end
> up in a black hole, so this is a non-starter. Thus, if this needs
> to be done, it can be done as a separate patch.

Offline CPUs have 0 capacity by definition....