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From: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: tony.luck@intel.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:10:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B1FE81F.30408@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0912091128280.16491@router.home>



Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
>> According to Tejun the problem is just cosmetic (i.e. causes build
>> warnings), since the functions affected aren't being used (yet) on
>> ia64. So feel free to drop the patch again, given that he has a patch
>> queued to address the issue by renaming the arch variable.
> 
> I thought the new code must be used in order for the new percpu allocator
> to work? Or is this referring to other code?
> 
>> I wonder though why that code is being built on ia64 at all if it's not
>> being used (i.e. why it doesn't depend on a CONFIG_*, HAVE_*, or
>> NEED_* manifest constant).
> 
> Tony: Can you confirm that the new percpu stuff works on IA64? (Or is
> there nobody left to care?)

Christoph,  I have access to a 640p system for a couple more weeks if
there's anything you'd like me to check out.

Thanks,
Mike

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: tony.luck@intel.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:10:39 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B1FE81F.30408@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0912091128280.16491@router.home>



Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
>> According to Tejun the problem is just cosmetic (i.e. causes build
>> warnings), since the functions affected aren't being used (yet) on
>> ia64. So feel free to drop the patch again, given that he has a patch
>> queued to address the issue by renaming the arch variable.
> 
> I thought the new code must be used in order for the new percpu allocator
> to work? Or is this referring to other code?
> 
>> I wonder though why that code is being built on ia64 at all if it's not
>> being used (i.e. why it doesn't depend on a CONFIG_*, HAVE_*, or
>> NEED_* manifest constant).
> 
> Tony: Can you confirm that the new percpu stuff works on IA64? (Or is
> there nobody left to care?)

Christoph,  I have access to a 640p system for a couple more weeks if
there's anything you'd like me to check out.

Thanks,
Mike

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: tony.luck@intel.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:10:39 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B1FE81F.30408@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0912091128280.16491@router.home>



Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
>> According to Tejun the problem is just cosmetic (i.e. causes build
>> warnings), since the functions affected aren't being used (yet) on
>> ia64. So feel free to drop the patch again, given that he has a patch
>> queued to address the issue by renaming the arch variable.
> 
> I thought the new code must be used in order for the new percpu allocator
> to work? Or is this referring to other code?
> 
>> I wonder though why that code is being built on ia64 at all if it's not
>> being used (i.e. why it doesn't depend on a CONFIG_*, HAVE_*, or
>> NEED_* manifest constant).
> 
> Tony: Can you confirm that the new percpu stuff works on IA64? (Or is
> there nobody left to care?)

Christoph,  I have access to a 640p system for a couple more weeks if
there's anything you'd like me to check out.

Thanks,
Mike

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-12-09 18:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-07 16:24 [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end Jan Beulich
2009-12-07 16:24 ` Jan Beulich
2009-12-07 23:35 ` Andrew Morton
2009-12-07 23:35   ` Andrew Morton
2009-12-07 23:35   ` Andrew Morton
2009-12-08  0:33   ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  0:33     ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  0:33     ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  0:40   ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  0:40     ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  0:40     ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  6:57     ` [PATCH] m68k: don't alias VMALLOC_END to vmalloc_end Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  6:57       ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  6:57       ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  9:08       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-12-08  9:08         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-12-08  9:08         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-12-08  0:50   ` [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end Matthew Wilcox
2009-12-08  0:50     ` Matthew Wilcox
2009-12-08  0:50     ` Matthew Wilcox
2009-12-08  1:03     ` Andrew Morton
2009-12-08  1:03       ` Andrew Morton
2009-12-08  1:03       ` Andrew Morton
2009-12-08  8:23   ` Jan Beulich
2009-12-08  8:23     ` Jan Beulich
2009-12-08  8:23     ` Jan Beulich
2009-12-08  8:29     ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  8:29       ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  8:29       ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  8:39       ` Jan Beulich
2009-12-08  8:39         ` Jan Beulich
2009-12-08  8:57         ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  8:57           ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  8:57           ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-09 23:43           ` [PATCH -stable] vmalloc: conditionalize build of pcpu_get_vm_areas() Tejun Heo
2009-12-09 23:43             ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-09 23:43             ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-16 23:12             ` [stable] [PATCH -stable] vmalloc: conditionalize build of Greg KH
2009-12-16 23:12               ` [stable] [PATCH -stable] vmalloc: conditionalize build of pcpu_get_vm_areas() Greg KH
2009-12-16 23:12               ` Greg KH
2009-12-16 23:59               ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-17  0:01                 ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-17  0:01                 ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-17  0:02                 ` [stable] [PATCH -stable] vmalloc: conditionalize build of Greg KH
2009-12-17  0:02                   ` [stable] [PATCH -stable] vmalloc: conditionalize build of pcpu_get_vm_areas() Greg KH
2009-12-17  0:02                   ` Greg KH
2009-12-09 17:31     ` [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 17:31       ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 17:31       ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 17:48       ` Luck, Tony
2009-12-09 17:48         ` Luck, Tony
2009-12-09 17:48         ` Luck, Tony
2009-12-09 18:10       ` Mike Travis [this message]
2009-12-09 18:10         ` Mike Travis
2009-12-09 18:10         ` Mike Travis
2009-12-09 18:23         ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 18:23           ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 18:23           ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 18:24           ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 18:24             ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 18:24             ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 18:37           ` Mike Travis
2009-12-09 18:37             ` Mike Travis
2009-12-09 18:37             ` Mike Travis
2009-12-09 18:46             ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 18:46               ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-09 18:46               ` Christoph Lameter
2009-12-08  9:11   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-12-08  9:11     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-12-08  9:11     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-12-08  9:24     ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  9:24       ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-08  9:24       ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-09  8:47       ` [PATCH] m68k: rename global variable vmalloc_end to m68k_vmalloc_end Tejun Heo
2009-12-09  8:47         ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-09  8:47         ` Tejun Heo

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