linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] x86,percpu: fix pageattr handling with remap allocator

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Date:	Thu, 21 May 2009 17:55:02 -0700
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"JBeulich@...ell.com" <JBeulich@...ell.com>,
	"andi@...stfloor.org" <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] x86,percpu: fix pageattr handling with remap
 allocator

On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:18 -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> No, I'll let the first chunk allocation happen the same way for cpus
> available on boot and then just do 4k allocations for whatever
> necessary afterward.  The needed code change in percpu proper isn't
> that big.

Ok. It will be more cleaner this way.

thanks,
suresh

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