Re: [PATCH] x86_64: resize NR_IRQS for large machines

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> Subject: [PATCH] x86_64: resize NR_IRQS for large machines
> 
> From: Alan Mayer <ajm@sgi.com>
> 
> On machines with very large numbers of cpus, tables that are dimensioned
> by NR_IRQS get very large, especially the irq_desc table.  They are also
> very sparsely used.  When the cpu count is > MAX_IO_APICS, use MAX_IO_APICS
> to set NR_IRQS, otherwise use NR_CPUS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Mayer <ajm@sgi.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>

> ===================================================================
> --- v2.6.25-rc6.orig/include/asm-x86/irq_64.h	2008-03-19 16:52:52.000000000 -0500
> +++ v2.6.25-rc6/include/asm-x86/irq_64.h	2008-03-20 16:46:51.000000000 -0500
> @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
>   *	<tomsoft@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
>   */
>  
> +#if !defined(MAX_IO_APICS)
> +#include <asm/apicdef.h>
> +#endif
> +

This is very ugly. Why not include it unconditionally -- with guard in
apicdef.h?
							Pavel
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