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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: add a new command-line kmemcheck value
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On 2 January 2014 02:34, Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@huawei.com> wrote:
> On 2013/12/31 18:12, Vegard Nossum wrote:
>> On 31 December 2013 09:32, Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@huawei.com> wrote:
>>> Add a new command-line kmemcheck value: kmemcheck=3 (disable the feature),
>>> this is the same effect as CONFIG_KMEMCHECK disabled.
>>> After doing this, we can enable/disable kmemcheck feature in one vmlinux.
>>
>> Could you please explain what exactly the difference is between the
>> existing kmemcheck=0 parameter and the new kmemcheck=3?
>
> kmemcheck=0: enable kmemcheck feature, but don't check the memory.
> and the OS use only one cpu.(setup_max_cpus = 1)
> kmemcheck=3: disable kmemcheck feature.
> this is the same effect as CONFIG_KMEMCHECK disabled.
> OS will use cpus as many as possible.
>

I see. In that case, I think it's better to allow all the CPUs to keep
running while kmemcheck is disabled with kmemcheck=0 boot parameter,
and offline them when/if kmemcheck is reenabled via
/proc/sys/kernel/kmemcheck.


Vegard


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