Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-20 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:51:44AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: > On 01/20/2011 10:45 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:36:40AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: > >> The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time > >> a directory is created a string compare is done

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-20 Thread Dave Hansen
On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 08:45 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:36:40AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: > > The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time > > a directory is created a string compare is done against sibling > > directories ( see sysfs_find_dirent() )

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-20 Thread Nathan Fontenot
On 01/20/2011 10:45 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:36:40AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: >> The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time >> a directory is created a string compare is done against sibling >> directories ( see sysfs_find_dirent() ) to ensure we d

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-20 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:36:40AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: > The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time > a directory is created a string compare is done against sibling > directories ( see sysfs_find_dirent() ) to ensure we do not create > duplicates. The list of dir

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-10 Thread Robin Holt
> >> The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time > >> a directory is created a string compare is done against all sibling > >> directories to ensure we do not create duplicates. The list of > >> directory nodes in sysfs is kept as an unsorted list which results > >> in this b

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-10 Thread Nathan Fontenot
On 01/10/2011 12:44 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:08:56PM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: >> This is a re-send of the remaining patches that did not make it >> into the last kernel release for de-coupling sysfs memory >> directories from memory sections. The first three patches of

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-10 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:08:56PM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: > This is a re-send of the remaining patches that did not make it > into the last kernel release for de-coupling sysfs memory > directories from memory sections. The first three patches of the > previous set went in, and this is the