Chegu Vinod <chegu_vinod@xxxxxx> writes: > On 7/1/2013 10:49 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: >> Chegu Vinod <chegu_vinod@xxxxxx> writes: >>> On 6/30/2013 11:22 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: >>>> module: do percpu allocation after uniqueness check. No, really! >>>> >>>> v3.8-rc1-5-g1fb9341 was supposed to stop parallel kvm loads exhausting >>>> percpu memory on large machines: >>>> >>>> Now we have a new state MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED, we can insert the >>>> module into the list (and thus guarantee its uniqueness) before we >>>> allocate the per-cpu region. >>>> >>>> In my defence, it didn't actually say the patch did this. Just that >>>> we "can". >>>> >>>> This patch actually *does* it. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Tested-by: Noone it seems. >>> Your following "updated" fix seems to be working fine on the larger >>> socket count machine with HT-on. >> OK, did you definitely revert every other workaround? > > Yes no other workarounds were there when your change was tested. > >> >> If so, please give me a Tested-by: line... > > FYI.... The actual verification of your change was done by my esteemed > colleague :Jim Hull (cc'd) who had access to this larger socket count box. > > > > Tested-by: Jim Hull <jim.hull@xxxxxx> Thanks, I've put this in my -next tree, and CC'd stable. Cheers, Rusty. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
