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From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>,
	linux-mm@vger.kernel.org, jeremy@goop.org, ebiederm@xmission.com,
	travis@sgi.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, xemul@openvz.org
Subject: Re: [patch 4/4] cpu alloc: Use cpu allocator instead of the builtin modules per cpu allocator
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:39:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48D3574B.40209@cosmosbay.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080918233701.832528677@quilx.com>

Christoph Lameter a écrit :
> Remove the builtin per cpu allocator from modules.c and use cpu_alloc instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>

> +		percpu_size = sechdrs[pcpuindex].sh_size;
> +
> +		if (align > PAGE_SIZE) {
> +			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: per-cpu alignment %li > %li\n",
> +			      	mod->name, align, PAGE_SIZE);
> +			align = PAGE_SIZE;
> +		}

Minor question : Wy do you have to keep this cap of alignment ?

I could not find such a limit in the allocator





  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-19  7:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-18 23:36 [patch 0/4] Cpu alloc V4: Replace percpu allocator in modules.c Christoph Lameter
2008-09-18 23:36 ` [patch 1/4] Make the per cpu reserve configurable Christoph Lameter
2008-09-19  7:12   ` Pekka Enberg
2008-09-19 12:56     ` Christoph Lameter
2008-09-18 23:36 ` [patch 2/4] percpu: Rename variables PERCPU_ENOUGH_ROOM -> PERCPU_AREA_SIZE Christoph Lameter
2008-09-18 23:36 ` [patch 3/4] cpu alloc: The allocator Christoph Lameter
2008-09-19  7:58   ` Pekka Enberg
2008-09-19 13:11     ` Christoph Lameter
2008-09-19 14:12       ` Pekka Enberg
2008-09-19 14:27         ` Christoph Lameter
2008-09-19 14:35           ` Pekka Enberg
2008-09-18 23:36 ` [patch 4/4] cpu alloc: Use cpu allocator instead of the builtin modules per cpu allocator Christoph Lameter
2008-09-19  7:39   ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2008-09-19 12:59     ` Christoph Lameter
2008-09-19 13:23       ` Eric Dumazet
2008-09-19 14:58 [patch 0/4] Cpu alloc V5: Replace percpu allocator in modules.c Christoph Lameter
2008-09-19 14:59 ` [patch 4/4] cpu alloc: Use cpu allocator instead of the builtin modules per cpu allocator Christoph Lameter
2008-09-29 19:35 [patch 0/4] Cpu alloc V6: Replace percpu allocator in modules.c Christoph Lameter
2008-09-29 19:35 ` [patch 4/4] cpu alloc: Use cpu allocator instead of the builtin modules per cpu allocator Christoph Lameter
2008-09-30 22:28   ` Rusty Russell

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