Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] cpu_exclusive sched domains build fix

[Dinakar Guniguntala <dino@in.ibm.com>]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:31:07PM -0700, Paul Jackson wrote:
> =====
> 
> The safest, mind numbingly simple thing to do that would avoid the oops
> that Hawkes reported is to simply not have the cpuset code call the
> code to setup a dynamic sched domain.  This is choice (2) above, and
> could be done at the last hour with relative safety.
> 
> Here is an untested patch that does (2):
> 
> ==> 
> Index: linux-2.6.13-cpuset-mempolicy-migrate/kernel/cpuset.c
> =================================> --- linux-2.6.13-cpuset-mempolicy-migrate.orig/kernel/cpuset.c
> +++ linux-2.6.13-cpuset-mempolicy-migrate/kernel/cpuset.c
> @@ -627,6 +627,15 @@ static int validate_change(const struct 
>   * Call with cpuset_sem held.  May nest a call to the
>   * lock_cpu_hotplug()/unlock_cpu_hotplug() pair.
>   */
> +
> +/*
> + * Hack to avoid 2.6.13 partial node dynamic sched domain bug.
> + * Disable letting 'cpu_exclusive' cpusets define dynamic sched
> + * domains, until the sched domain can handle partial nodes.
> + * Remove this ifdef hackery when sched domains fixed.
> + */
> +#define DISABLE_EXCLUSIVE_CPU_DOMAINS 1
> +#ifdef DISABLE_EXCLUSIVE_CPU_DOMAINS
>  static void update_cpu_domains(struct cpuset *cur)
>  {
>  	struct cpuset *c, *par = cur->parent;
> @@ -667,6 +676,11 @@ static void update_cpu_domains(struct cp
>  	partition_sched_domains(&pspan, &cspan);
>  	unlock_cpu_hotplug();
>  }
> +#else
> +static void update_cpu_domains(struct cpuset *cur)
> +{
> +}
> +#endif
>  
>  static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, char *buf)
>  {
> 
> 
> ==> 

I'll ack this for now until I fix the problems that I am seeing
on ppc64


	Acked-by: Dinakar Guniguntala <dino@in.ibm.com>