From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751526AbVHXUDq (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:03:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751528AbVHXUDq (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:03:46 -0400 Received: from smtp203.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([216.136.129.93]:50814 "HELO smtp203.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751524AbVHXUDp (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:03:45 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com.au; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:X-Accept-Language:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=hWUcU/tbqstks+hUcbqT5WremD7M1UrvxaiSlTBEZ1Tzr+I89EXf4B4c52fxY4eHpiuU0gAq8DiOVn2NlA1fPspiPZ98ym1vNy+gQLGQFvl6q3l9H3DCl+e6gLu3hsRMiosRDSvq8Vmni4u2G9NBitJas6iZxzYlk/N7Ug5Ws50= ; Message-ID: <430C617E.8080002@yahoo.com.au> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:01:02 +1000 From: Nick Piggin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Debian/1.7.8-1 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] cpu_exclusive sched domains build fix 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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