linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.30-rc7] x86: remove remap percpu allocator for the time being

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Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 13:16:08 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.30-rc7] x86: remove remap percpu allocator for the
 time being

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> 
>>> @@ -365,9 +249,7 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
>>>  	 * of large page mappings.  Please read comments on top of
>>>  	 * each allocator for details.
>>>  	 */
>>> -	ret = setup_pcpu_remap(static_size);
>>> -	if (ret < 0)
>>> -		ret = setup_pcpu_embed(static_size);
>>> +	ret = setup_pcpu_embed(static_size);
>>>  	if (ret < 0)
>>>  		ret = setup_pcpu_4k(static_size);
>>>  	if (ret < 0)
>> Please send a patch that only does the above chunk in essence. We 
>> can deal with the rest in .31.
> 
> I've committed the minimal patch below.

Yeap, that works too.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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