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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:38:13 -0200
From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Takuya Yoshikawa <yoshikawa.takuya@oss.ntt.co.jp>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] kvm: make vcpu life cycle separated from kvm instance
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On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 03:48:38PM +0900, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote:
> (2011/12/15 13:28), Liu Ping Fan wrote:
> > From: Liu Ping Fan<pingfank@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > 
> > Currently, vcpu can be destructed only when kvm instance destroyed.
> > Change this to vcpu's destruction before kvm instance, so vcpu MUST
> > and CAN be destroyed before kvm's destroy.
> 
> Could you explain why this change is needed here?
> Would be helpful for those, including me, who will read the commit later.

I fail to see the motivation for this change also.