From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Piggin Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:01:02 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] cpu_exclusive sched domains build fix Message-Id: <430C617E.8080002@yahoo.com.au> List-Id: References: <20050824111510.11478.49764.sendpatchset@jackhammer.engr.sgi.com> <20050824112640.GB5197@in.ibm.com> <20050824044648.66f7e25a.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20050824044648.66f7e25a.pj@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Paul Jackson Cc: dino@in.ibm.com, paulus@samba.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, mingo@elte.hu, hawkes@sgi.com Paul Jackson wrote: > Dinakar wrote: > >>Can we hold on to this patch for a while, as I reported yesterday, > > > Sure - though I guess it's Linus or Andrew who will have to do > the holding. > > I sent it off contingent on the approval of yourself, Hawkes and Nick. > I get the feeling that the problem would be present in more than just misaligned nodes. On the POWER5 for example, Dinakar probably has SMT enabled, which may cause something similar to pop up. I get the feeling that exclusive cpusets should just be completely disabled for 2.6.13, and John & Ingo's complete fix put in 2.6.14-early -- SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com