From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e23smtp02.au.ibm.com (E23SMTP02.au.ibm.com [202.81.18.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e23smtp02.au.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C008DDF37 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:36:15 +1000 (EST) Received: from sd0109e.au.ibm.com (d23rh905.au.ibm.com [202.81.18.225]) by e23smtp02.au.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m851Zjo8020706 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:35:45 +1000 Received: from d23av04.au.ibm.com (d23av04.au.ibm.com [9.190.235.139]) by sd0109e.au.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v9.0) with ESMTP id m851aEwL303468 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:36:14 +1000 Received: from d23av04.au.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d23av04.au.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m851aDjC019780 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:36:14 +1000 Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:36:04 +1000 From: David Gibson To: Jon Tollefson Subject: Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] Buglet in 16G page handling Message-ID: <20080905013604.GB7845@yookeroo.seuss> References: <20080902050510.GB12965@yookeroo.seuss> <48BD73FB.1050601@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20080903002029.GC9681@yookeroo.seuss> <48BF0D6F.2010602@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <48C04E4E.6090408@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <48C04E4E.6090408@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, libhugetlbfs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 04:08:30PM -0500, Jon Tollefson wrote: > Jon Tollefson wrote: > > David Gibson wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 12:12:27PM -0500, Jon Tollefson wrote: [snip] > > I have run through the tests twice now with this new patch using a 4k > > base page size(and 16G huge page size) and there are no program checks > > or spin lock issues. So looking good. > > > > I will run it next a couple of times with 64K base pages. > > > I have run through the libhugetest suite 3 times each now with both > combinations(4k and 64K base page) and have not seen the spin lock > problem or any other problems. Excellent. I'll push the patch. -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson