linux-kernel - [RFC/PATCH] SLQB: Mark the allocator as broken PowerPC and S390

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Message-Id: <1253083059.5478.1.camel@penberg-laptop>
Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:37:39 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu, npiggin@...e.de,
	sachinp@...ibm.com
Subject: [RFC/PATCH] SLQB: Mark the allocator as broken PowerPC and S390

The SLQB allocator is known to be broken on certain PowerPC and S390
configurations. Disable the allocator in Kconfig for those architectures
until the issues are resolved.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc: Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
---
 init/Kconfig |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index c0d8a47..aaeddeb 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1033,6 +1033,7 @@ config SLUB
 
 config SLQB
 	bool "SLQB (Queued allocator)"
+	depends on !PPC && !S390
 	help
 	  SLQB is a proposed new slab allocator.
 
-- 
1.5.6.3



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