linux-kernel - Re: Are we properly prepared to handle 3 Socket setups?

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Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:44:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: Are we properly prepared to handle 3 Socket setups?

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007, Rene Herman wrote:

> > >          /*
> > >           * Maximum threshold is 125
> > >           */
> > >          threshold = min(125, threshold);
> > > 
> > > as either the comment or the code is wrong and it seems it's the code.
> > > Added Andrew Morton to the CC for that.
> > 
> > Yes, that's inconsistent.  And looking at Christoph's df9ecaba it's unclear
> > whether the comment is wrong or the code is wrong.  The code is wrong, I
> > expect.

?? What is wrong with the code? We want the threshold to stay below 125?
 
> On 08/12/2007 05:29 AM, Roland Dreier wrote:
> 
> > What's the problem? That line sets threshold to the smaller of the current
> > value or 125, which is exactly what one would want to do if the
> > maximum value is 125. Just do a couple of examples: eg if threshold is
> > 100 going into that line, then the value is left alone; if threshold is
> > 150 then it gets set to 125; and that seems exactly correct.

Exactly.

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