linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2]x86: spread tlb flush vector between nodes

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Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:30:27 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Chen, Tim C" <tim.c.chen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2]x86: spread tlb flush vector between nodes

Hi Shaohua,

> +	if (nr_online_nodes > NUM_INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTORS)
> +		nr_node_vecs = 1;
> +	else
> +		nr_node_vecs = NUM_INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTORS/nr_online_nodes;

Does this build without CONFIG_NUMA? AFAIK nr_online_nodes is only
defined for a numa kernel.

> +
> +static int tlb_cpuhp_notify(struct notifier_block *n,
> +		unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
> +{
> +	switch (action & 0xf) {
> +	case CPU_ONLINE:
> +	case CPU_DEAD:
> +		calculate_tlb_offset();

I still think the notifier is overkill and a static mapping at boot time
would be fine.

The rest looks ok to me.

-andi
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