From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>, Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@huawei.com>,
Tang Chen <tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>,
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Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>, "Wang, Frank" <frank.wang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Add movablecore_map boot option
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:45:40 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50B7E594.8090106@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F1C95FC11@ORSMSX108.amr.corp.intel.com>
On 11/29/2012 02:41 PM, Luck, Tony wrote:
>> The other bit is that if you really really want high reliability, memory
>> mirroring is the way to go; it is the only way you will be able to
>> hotremove memory without having to have a pre-event to migrate the
>> memory away from the affected node before the memory is offlined.
>
> Some platforms don't support cross-node mirrors ... but we still want to
> be able to remove a node.
>
Yes, well, those platforms don't support that degree of "really really
high reliability", since the unannounced failure of the node controller
will bring down the system.
-hpa
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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>, Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@huawei.com>,
Tang Chen <tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>,
"akpm@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"rob@landley.net" <rob@landley.net>,
"isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com" <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>,
"laijs@cn.fujitsu.com" <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>,
"wency@cn.fujitsu.com" <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>,
"linfeng@cn.fujitsu.com" <linfeng@cn.fujitsu.com>,
"yinghai@kernel.org" <yinghai@kernel.org>,
"kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com" <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>,
"minchan.kim@gmail.com" <minchan.kim@gmail.com>,
"rientjes@google.com" <rientjes@google.com>,
"rusty@rustcorp.com.au" <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>, "Wang, Frank" <frank.wang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Add movablecore_map boot option
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:45:40 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50B7E594.8090106@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F1C95FC11@ORSMSX108.amr.corp.intel.com>
On 11/29/2012 02:41 PM, Luck, Tony wrote:
>> The other bit is that if you really really want high reliability, memory
>> mirroring is the way to go; it is the only way you will be able to
>> hotremove memory without having to have a pre-event to migrate the
>> memory away from the affected node before the memory is offlined.
>
> Some platforms don't support cross-node mirrors ... but we still want to
> be able to remove a node.
>
Yes, well, those platforms don't support that degree of "really really
high reliability", since the unannounced failure of the node controller
will bring down the system.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-29 22:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 170+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-23 10:44 [PATCH v2 0/5] Add movablecore_map boot option Tang Chen
2012-11-23 10:44 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-23 10:44 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] x86: get pg_data_t's memory from other node Tang Chen
2012-11-23 10:44 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-24 1:19 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-24 1:19 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-26 1:19 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-26 1:19 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-02 15:11 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-02 15:11 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-23 10:44 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] page_alloc: add movable_memmap kernel parameter Tang Chen
2012-11-23 10:44 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-23 10:44 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] page_alloc: Introduce zone_movable_limit[] to keep movable limit for nodes Tang Chen
2012-11-23 10:44 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-05 15:46 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-05 15:46 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-06 1:20 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-06 1:20 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-23 10:44 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] page_alloc: Make movablecore_map has higher priority Tang Chen
2012-11-23 10:44 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-05 15:43 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-05 15:43 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-06 1:26 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-06 1:26 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-06 2:26 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-06 2:26 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-06 2:51 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-12-06 2:51 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-12-06 2:57 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-06 2:57 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-09 8:10 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-09 8:10 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-10 2:15 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-10 2:15 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-23 10:44 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] page_alloc: Bootmem limit with movablecore_map Tang Chen
2012-11-23 10:44 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-26 12:22 ` wujianguo
2012-11-26 12:22 ` wujianguo
2012-11-26 12:53 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-26 12:53 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-26 12:40 ` wujianguo
2012-11-26 12:40 ` wujianguo
2012-11-26 13:15 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-26 13:15 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-26 15:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-26 15:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 0:58 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-11-27 0:58 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-11-27 3:19 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-27 3:19 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-27 3:22 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-11-27 3:22 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-11-27 3:34 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-27 3:34 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-27 1:12 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-27 1:12 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-27 1:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 1:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 3:15 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-27 3:15 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-27 5:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 5:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-06 17:28 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-06 17:28 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-06 17:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-06 17:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-07 0:18 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-07 0:18 ` Jiang Liu
2012-12-19 9:17 ` Tang Chen
2012-12-19 9:17 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-27 3:10 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Add movablecore_map boot option wujianguo
2012-11-27 3:10 ` wujianguo
2012-11-27 5:43 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-27 5:43 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-27 6:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 6:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 6:47 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-11-27 6:47 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-11-28 3:47 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-28 3:47 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-28 4:01 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 4:01 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 5:21 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-28 5:21 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-28 5:17 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 5:17 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 4:53 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-11-28 4:53 ` Jianguo Wu
2012-11-27 8:00 ` Bob Liu
2012-11-27 8:00 ` Bob Liu
2012-11-27 8:29 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-27 8:29 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-27 8:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 8:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 9:47 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-27 9:47 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-27 9:53 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 9:53 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-27 9:59 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-11-27 9:59 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-11-27 12:09 ` Bob Liu
2012-11-27 12:09 ` Bob Liu
2012-11-27 12:49 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-27 12:49 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-28 3:24 ` Bob Liu
2012-11-28 3:24 ` Bob Liu
2012-11-28 4:08 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 4:08 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 6:16 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-28 6:16 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-28 7:03 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 7:03 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 8:29 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-28 8:29 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-28 8:28 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 8:28 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 8:38 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-28 8:38 ` Wen Congyang
2012-11-29 0:43 ` Jaegeuk Hanse
2012-11-29 0:43 ` Jaegeuk Hanse
2012-11-29 1:24 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-29 1:24 ` Tang Chen
2012-11-30 9:20 ` Lai Jiangshan
2012-11-30 9:20 ` Lai Jiangshan
2012-11-28 8:47 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 8:47 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-28 21:34 ` Luck, Tony
2012-11-28 21:34 ` Luck, Tony
2012-11-28 21:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 21:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 11:00 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-29 11:00 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-29 16:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 16:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 22:41 ` Luck, Tony
2012-11-29 22:41 ` Luck, Tony
2012-11-29 22:45 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-11-29 22:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-30 2:56 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-30 2:56 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-30 3:15 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-11-30 3:15 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-11-30 15:36 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-30 15:36 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-30 2:58 ` Luck, Tony
2012-11-30 2:58 ` Luck, Tony
2012-11-30 3:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-30 3:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-30 10:19 ` Glauber Costa
2012-11-30 10:19 ` Glauber Costa
2012-11-30 10:52 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-30 10:52 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-29 10:38 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-11-29 10:38 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-11-29 11:05 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-29 11:05 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-29 15:47 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-29 15:47 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-29 15:53 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-29 15:53 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-29 1:42 ` Jaegeuk Hanse
2012-11-29 1:42 ` Jaegeuk Hanse
2012-11-29 2:25 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-29 2:25 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-29 2:49 ` Wanpeng Li
2012-11-29 2:59 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-29 2:59 ` Jiang Liu
2012-11-29 2:49 ` Wanpeng Li
2012-11-30 22:27 ` Toshi Kani
2012-11-30 22:27 ` Toshi Kani
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