From: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>,
WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Commit 722bc6b167 breaks booting on an 8TB system.
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:46:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120606104634.GQ4948@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120606095102.GH9495@gmail.com>
On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 11:51:02AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> wrote:
>
> > > With just that patch, no improvement.
> > >
> > > Sorry about the delay. I got bumped from the machine yesterday.
> > > The next reservable time is tomorrow night, otherwise, the machine is
> > > booked solid for the next 36 hours.
> >
> > Wait. I was wrong. I booted the wrong kernel. With that
> > patch applied, the machine does boot.
>
> Great.
>
> Could you guys please write a usable changelog for
> only_need_recalculate_for_low.patch and send it to me with lkml
> Cc:-ed, so that I can send the fix to Linus ASAP?
I also tested this on a separate 2TB system which had been experiencing
boot problems as well as a the original failing system configured as a
16TB system. It worked on all systems tested so far.
Robin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-06 10:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-01 15:54 Robin Holt
2012-06-02 14:24 ` Ethan.kernel@gmail
2012-06-03 7:00 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-06-04 10:07 ` Robin Holt
2012-06-04 23:51 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-06-06 9:42 ` Robin Holt
2012-06-06 9:48 ` Robin Holt
2012-06-06 9:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-06-06 10:46 ` Robin Holt [this message]
2012-06-06 17:55 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-06-06 18:54 ` Robin Holt
2012-06-08 14:48 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86/mm: Only add extra pages count for the first memory range during pre-allocation early page table space tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
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