linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allocate module.ref array dynamically

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Message-Id: <200811210951.24894.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:51:24 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allocate module.ref array dynamically

On Friday 21 November 2008 03:17:24 Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > 7) Make percpu area grow dynamically.
> >    - Yes, but a thorny tangle esp. with IA64.  The cmdline hack is
> > probably sufficient meanwhile, and parallels can be drawn with vmalloc.
>
> Allright. Please check with David Miller who wants to allocate thousands
> of network interfaces which all need a MIB block.

Yes, I'm already battling Dave over percpu issues.  I'll add this to the list 
:)

Thanks for the warning,
Rusty.
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