Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-08-18 Thread Nishanth Aravamudan
Hi Gerry, On 25.07.2014 [09:50:01 +0800], Jiang Liu wrote: > > > On 2014/7/25 7:32, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > > On 23.07.2014 [16:20:24 +0800], Jiang Liu wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 2014/7/22 1:57, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > >>> On 21.07.2014 [10:41:59 -0700], Tony Luck wrote: > On Mon, J

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-24 Thread Jiang Liu
On 2014/7/25 7:32, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > On 23.07.2014 [16:20:24 +0800], Jiang Liu wrote: >> >> >> On 2014/7/22 1:57, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: >>> On 21.07.2014 [10:41:59 -0700], Tony Luck wrote: On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > It seems like

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-24 Thread Nishanth Aravamudan
On 23.07.2014 [16:20:24 +0800], Jiang Liu wrote: > > > On 2014/7/22 1:57, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > > On 21.07.2014 [10:41:59 -0700], Tony Luck wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan > >> wrote: > >>> It seems like the issue is the order of onlining of resources on

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-23 Thread Jiang Liu
On 2014/7/22 1:57, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > On 21.07.2014 [10:41:59 -0700], Tony Luck wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan >> wrote: >>> It seems like the issue is the order of onlining of resources on a >>> specific x86 platform? >> >> Yes. When we online a node t

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-21 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:41:59AM -0700, Tony Luck wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan > wrote: > > It seems like the issue is the order of onlining of resources on a > > specific x86 platform? > > Yes. When we online a node the BIOS hits us with some ACPI hotplug even

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-21 Thread Nishanth Aravamudan
On 21.07.2014 [10:41:59 -0700], Tony Luck wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan > wrote: > > It seems like the issue is the order of onlining of resources on a > > specific x86 platform? > > Yes. When we online a node the BIOS hits us with some ACPI hotplug events: > > F

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-21 Thread Tony Luck
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > It seems like the issue is the order of onlining of resources on a > specific x86 platform? Yes. When we online a node the BIOS hits us with some ACPI hotplug events: First: Here are some new cpus Next: Here is some new memory Last;

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-21 Thread Nishanth Aravamudan
Hi Jiang, On 11.07.2014 [15:37:17 +0800], Jiang Liu wrote: > Previously we have posted a patch fix a memory crash issue caused by > memoryless node on x86 platforms, please refer to > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1687425 > > As suggested by David Rientjes, the most suitable fix fo

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-14 Thread David Rientjes
On Sat, 12 Jul 2014, Jiri Kosina wrote: > I am pretty sure I've seen ppc64 machine with memoryless NUMA node. > Yes, Nishanth Aravamudan (now cc'd) has been working diligently on the problems that have been encountered, including problems in generic kernel code, on powerpc with memoryless node

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-14 Thread David Rientjes
On Fri, 11 Jul 2014, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > There are other cases too. > > Are there any sane ones? > They are specifically allowed by the ACPI specification to be able to include only cpus, I/O, networking cards, etc. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kerne

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-11 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 07/11/2014 01:20 PM, Andi Kleen wrote: > Greg KH writes: > >> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:29:56AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: >>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 03:37:17PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote: Any comments are welcomed! >>> >>> Why would anybody _ever_ have a memoryless node? That's ridiculou

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-11 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Fri, 11 Jul 2014, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 03:37:17PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote: > > > Any comments are welcomed! > > > > Why would anybody _ever_ have a memoryless node? That's ridiculous. > > I'm with Peter here, why would this be a situation that we should even > support? A

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-11 Thread Andi Kleen
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:51:06PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 01:20:51PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Greg KH writes: > > > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:29:56AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > >> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 03:37:17PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote: > > >> > An

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-11 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 01:20:51PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > Greg KH writes: > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:29:56AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 03:37:17PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote: > >> > Any comments are welcomed! > >> > >> Why would anybody _ever_ have a memoryle

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-11 Thread Andi Kleen
Greg KH writes: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:29:56AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 03:37:17PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote: >> > Any comments are welcomed! >> >> Why would anybody _ever_ have a memoryless node? That's ridiculous. > > I'm with Peter here, why would this be a s

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-11 Thread Dave Hansen
On 07/11/2014 08:33 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:29:56AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: >> > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 03:37:17PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote: >>> > > Any comments are welcomed! >> > >> > Why would anybody _ever_ have a memoryless node? That's ridiculous. > I'm with Peter

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-11 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:29:56AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 03:37:17PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote: > > Any comments are welcomed! > > Why would anybody _ever_ have a memoryless node? That's ridiculous. I'm with Peter here, why would this be a situation that we should eve

Re: [RFC Patch V1 00/30] Enable memoryless node on x86 platforms

2014-07-11 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 03:37:17PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote: > Any comments are welcomed! Why would anybody _ever_ have a memoryless node? That's ridiculous. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordom