From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755775AbZJ1VDV (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:03:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754787AbZJ1VDU (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:03:20 -0400 Received: from relay3.sgi.com ([192.48.152.1]:57351 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754414AbZJ1VDT (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:03:19 -0400 Message-ID: <4AE8B197.8000606@sgi.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:03:19 -0700 From: Mike Travis User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Rientjes CC: Andi Kleen , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , Jack Steiner , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, Yinghai Lu , Mel Gorman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] x86: reduce srat verbosity in the kernel log References: <20091023233743.439628000@alcatraz.americas.sgi.com> <20091023233750.702443000@alcatraz.americas.sgi.com> <87pr8ay6tc.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <4AE710C9.2070307@sgi.com> <4AE75162.7080903@sgi.com> <20091028033219.GE7744@basil.fritz.box> <20091028041159.GI7744@basil.fritz.box> <4AE8792F.8070200@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David Rientjes wrote: > On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Mike Travis wrote: > >> I don't understand the importance of this when the memory is given back >> after the system starts up anyway...? >> > > Printing a list of apic ids longer than 128 characters would pollute the > kernel log and this upper bound will probably never be reached based on > the way apic ids are created for physical and logical processors: they are > normally reduced to ranges instead of comma seperated entities. Your latest patch tested: [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC {0-7,16-23} -> Node 0 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 1 -> APIC {32-39,48-55} -> Node 1 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 2 -> APIC {64-71,80-87} -> Node 2 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 3 -> APIC {96-103,112-119} -> Node 3 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 4 -> APIC {128-135,144-151} -> Node 4 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 5 -> APIC {160-167,176-183} -> Node 5 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 6 -> APIC {192-199,208-215} -> Node 6 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 7 -> APIC {224-231,240-247} -> Node 7 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 8 -> APIC {256-263,272-279} -> Node 8 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 9 -> APIC {288-295,304-311} -> Node 9 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 10 -> APIC {320-327,336-343} -> Node 10 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 11 -> APIC {352-359,368-375} -> Node 11 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 12 -> APIC {384-391,400-407} -> Node 12 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 13 -> APIC {416-423,432-439} -> Node 13 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 14 -> APIC {448-455,464-471} -> Node 14 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 15 -> APIC {480-487,496-503} -> Node 15 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 16 -> APIC {512-519,528-535} -> Node 16 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 17 -> APIC {544-551,560-567} -> Node 17 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 18 -> APIC {576-583,592-599} -> Node 18 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 19 -> APIC {608-615,624-631} -> Node 19 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 20 -> APIC {640-647,656-663} -> Node 20 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 21 -> APIC {672-679,688-695} -> Node 21 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 22 -> APIC {704-711,720-727} -> Node 22 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 23 -> APIC {736-743,752-759} -> Node 23 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 24 -> APIC {768-775,784-791} -> Node 24 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 25 -> APIC {800-807,816-823} -> Node 25 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 26 -> APIC {832-839,848-855} -> Node 26 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 27 -> APIC {864-871,880-887} -> Node 27 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 28 -> APIC {896-903,912-919} -> Node 28 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 29 -> APIC {928-935,944-951} -> Node 29 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 30 -> APIC {960-967,976-983} -> Node 30 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 31 -> APIC {992-999,1008-1015} -> Node 31 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 32 -> APIC {1024-1031,1040-1047} -> Node 32 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 33 -> APIC {1056-1063,1072-1079} -> Node 33 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 34 -> APIC {1088-1095,1104-1111} -> Node 34 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 35 -> APIC {1120-1127,1136-1143} -> Node 35 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 36 -> APIC {1152-1159,1168-1175} -> Node 36 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 37 -> APIC {1184-1191,1200-1207} -> Node 37 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 38 -> APIC {1216-1223,1232-1239} -> Node 38 [ 0.000000] SRAT: PXM 39 -> APIC {1248-1255,1264-1271} -> Node 39