Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:26:01 -0800 | From | Mike Travis <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Allocate module.ref array dynamically |
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Rusty Russell wrote: > On Wednesday 12 November 2008 08:36:26 Eric Dumazet wrote: >> I believe Mike Travis has a better patch for this problem, partly using new >> percpu allocator. > > Actually, I think this in in Christoph's hands now. He's been wrangling with > getting us a real per-cpu allocator. > > There's something in linux-next, but I'm not sure of the status. Christoph, is > this anticipated to make the next merge window, or am I best off merging a > patch like Eric's for the moment? > > Thanks, > Rusty.
I haven't looked closely at Christoph's latest but I believe the x86_64 version is waiting for the zero-based percpu variables (and hence the combined pda/percpu base.) It's on the queue just under 4k cpus.
Cheers, Mike
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