linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] - Increase MAX_APICS for very large x86

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Message-ID: <20080619101030.GF15228@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:10:30 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] - Increase MAX_APICS for very large x86_64 configs


* Jack Steiner <steiner@....com> wrote:

> Increase the maximum number of apics when running very large 
> configurations. This patch has no affect on most systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>

applied to tip/x86/uv - thanks Jack.

> The patch has no effect on any 32-bit kernel. It adds ~4k to the size 
> of 64-bit kernels but only if NR_CPUS > 255.
> 
> This is a repost of an earlier patch (4/16) that was implicated in a 
> random-qa failure. I have not been able to reproduce the failure using 
> the same boot args & config.  Best guess is that some other patch 
> caused random data corruption & this patch was a victim.

i have just re-tested the previously failing config on tip/master:

  http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/config-Thu_Apr_17_10_17_14_CEST_2008.bad
  http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tip.git/README

and the good news is that it does not crash on bootup anymore. Perhaps 
one of Mike's fixes/improvements did the trick?

Nevertheless i'll keep an eye on this change and wont propagate it to 
linux-next for a few days to make sure it's all robust on a wide range 
of x86 testsystems.

	Ingo
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