How Linux handles NUMA?

2017-10-30 Thread Gustavo Leite
Hello, I'm new to the linux kernel and community. I am interested in researching numa balacing and scheduling. Is there any good resource (if possible, up to date) that presents the workings of the linux NUMA scheduler? Thanks in advance, Gustavo

Outdated URL in Documentation

2018-02-08 Thread Gustavo Leite
Hello, In the file Documentation/process/howto.rst there is an URL to a mailing list called "kernel-mentors". However, when accessed, it says that this list does not exist. Should this be removed from the documentation? - Gus

Re: Outdated URL in Documentation

2018-02-08 Thread Gustavo Leite
w I must send it to linux-...@vger.kernel.org? - Gustavo Leite ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Re: Outdated URL in Documentation

2018-02-09 Thread Gustavo Leite
> Good luck! Thank you! - Gustavo Leite ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Kconfig in external modules

2018-02-22 Thread Gustavo Leite
Hi all, The kbuild documentation states that is possible to use CONFIG_ options in external (out-of-tree) modules. However, is it possible for an external module to define new options in a local Kconfig file? For example, I would have 2 files /path/to/module/Kconfig /path/to/module/.conf

Re: Kconfig in external modules

2018-02-22 Thread Gustavo Leite
On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 08:37:08AM -0500, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > This is probably a Bad Idea, because it results in a module that was built > against > a different .config than the kernel it is loaded into. All sorts of things > can go > wrong (for instance, consider if your local Kcon

Re: Kconfig in external modules

2018-02-22 Thread Gustavo Leite
On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 10:15:43AM -0500, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > I'm not sure that NUMA balancing is something you'll be able to do in a > module - I > am pretty sure that not all the infrastructure you'll need is accessible from > a module. > If you're ending up tossing EXPORT_SYMBOL()