+ i386-account-for-module-percpu-space-separately-from-kernel.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     i386: account for module percpu space separately from kernel percpu
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     i386-account-for-module-percpu-space-separately-from-kernel.patch

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Subject: i386: account for module percpu space separately from kernel percpu
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>

Rather than using a single constant PERCPU_ENOUGH_ROOM, compute it as the
sum of kernel_percpu + PERCPU_MODULE_RESERVE.  This is taken directly from
the x86_64 tree.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 include/asm-i386/percpu.h |   10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff -puN include/asm-i386/percpu.h~i386-account-for-module-percpu-space-separately-from-kernel include/asm-i386/percpu.h
--- a/include/asm-i386/percpu.h~i386-account-for-module-percpu-space-separately-from-kernel
+++ a/include/asm-i386/percpu.h
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@
 #include <asm-generic/percpu.h>
 #else
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+# define PERCPU_MODULE_RESERVE 8192
+#else
+# define PERCPU_MODULE_RESERVE 0
+#endif
+
+#define PERCPU_ENOUGH_ROOM \
+	(ALIGN(__per_cpu_end - __per_cpu_start, SMP_CACHE_BYTES) + \
+	 PERCPU_MODULE_RESERVE)
+
 /*
  * PER_CPU finds an address of a per-cpu variable.
  *
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from jeremy@xxxxxxxx are

i386-simplify-smp_call_function-by-using-common-implementation.patch
i386-account-for-module-percpu-space-separately-from-kernel.patch
fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console.patch

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