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From: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
To: ext Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sboyd@codeaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] calibrate: retry with wider bounds when converge seems to fail
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:10:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110312021022.GC3823@esdhcp04044.research.nokia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110311152744.ad5ef129.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

On 11/03/11 15:27 -0800, ext Andrew Morton wrote:
> This is more informative, no?
>
> --- a/init/calibrate.c~calibrate-retry-with-wider-bounds-when-converge-seems-to-fail-fix
> +++ a/init/calibrate.c
> @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ recalibrate:
>  	/*
>  	 * If we incremented every single time possible, presume we've
>  	 * massively underestimated initially, and retry with a higher
> -	 * start, and larger range. (Only seen on x86_64.)
> +	 * start, and larger range. (Only seen on x86_64, due to SMIs)
>  	 */
>  	if (lpj + loopadd * 2 == lpj_base + loopadd_base * 2) {
>  		lpj_base = lpj;
> _

Works for me. Thanks.

Phil


  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-12  2:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-10 14:48 [PATCHv3 0/4] Improve fallback LPJ calculation Phil Carmody
2011-03-10 14:48 ` [PATCH 1/4] calibrate: extract fall-back calculation into own helper Phil Carmody
2011-03-10 14:48   ` [PATCH 2/4] calibrate: home in on correct lpj value more quickly Phil Carmody
2011-03-10 14:48     ` [PATCH 3/4] calibrate: retry with wider bounds when converge seems to fail Phil Carmody
2011-03-10 14:48       ` [PATCH 4/4] DO NOT INTEGRATE: test-only timing Phil Carmody
2011-03-11 23:27       ` [PATCH 3/4] calibrate: retry with wider bounds when converge seems to fail Andrew Morton
2011-03-12  2:10         ` Phil Carmody [this message]
2011-03-11 23:26 ` [PATCHv3 0/4] Improve fallback LPJ calculation Andrew Morton
2011-03-18 22:40 ` Stephen Boyd
2011-03-22  9:41   ` Phil Carmody
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-09-28 10:44 [PATCHv2 " Phil Carmody
2010-09-28 10:44 ` [PATCH 1/4] calibrate: extract fall-back calculation into own helper Phil Carmody
2010-09-28 10:44   ` [PATCH 2/4] calibrate: home in on correct lpj value more quickly Phil Carmody
2010-09-28 10:44     ` [PATCH 3/4] calibrate: retry with wider bounds when converge seems to fail Phil Carmody

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