[PATCH] vm: slab.c spelling correction

2005-08-15 Thread Martin Hicks
as the Subject says... -- Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fix a small spelling mistake. subtile->subtle Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- commit fde14c4f6598615c97ec36dc327ec357044d50a1 tree 7d34f622a36d0920e6d77f2adfbe19b

Re: [PATCH] VM: add vm.free_node_memory sysctl

2005-08-15 Thread Martin Hicks
gressive at cleaning local pages before fallback. > Problem is that it potentially makes the fast path slow. This is what we need: a better level of control over how NUMA allocations work. In some cases we *really* would prefer local pages, even at the cost of page cache. It does have the pot

Re: [PATCH] VM: add vm.free_node_memory sysctl

2005-08-15 Thread Martin Hicks
have the potential to make the fast path slower. Some workloads are willing to make this sacrifice. mh -- Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

[PATCH] vm: slab.c spelling correction

2005-08-15 Thread Martin Hicks
as the Subject says... -- Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fix a small spelling mistake. subtile-subtle Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- commit fde14c4f6598615c97ec36dc327ec357044d50a1 tree 7d34f622a36d0920e6d77f2adfbe19b5501b9e76 parent

Re: [PATCH] VM: add vm.free_node_memory sysctl

2005-08-03 Thread Martin Hicks
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 04:38:55PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 10:24:40AM -0400, Martin Hicks wrote: > > > zone_reclaim() path doesn't let the memory reclaim code swap. > > reclaim with bound policy should only swap on the bound nodemask > (or a

Re: [PATCH] VM: add vm.free_node_memory sysctl

2005-08-03 Thread Martin Hicks
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 04:15:29PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 09:56:46AM -0400, Martin Hicks wrote: > > > > Here's the promised sysctl to dump a node's pagecache. Please review! > > > > This patch depends on the zone reclaim a

[PATCH] VM: add vm.free_node_memory sysctl

2005-08-03 Thread Martin Hicks
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 11:07:46PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Martin Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 09:54:26PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

[PATCH] VM: add vm.free_node_memory sysctl

2005-08-03 Thread Martin Hicks
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 11:07:46PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 09:54:26PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We could perhaps add a CAP_SYS_ADMIN-only sysctl for this hack

Re: [PATCH] VM: add vm.free_node_memory sysctl

2005-08-03 Thread Martin Hicks
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 04:15:29PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 09:56:46AM -0400, Martin Hicks wrote: Here's the promised sysctl to dump a node's pagecache. Please review! This patch depends on the zone reclaim atomic ops cleanup: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l

Re: [PATCH] VM: add vm.free_node_memory sysctl

2005-08-03 Thread Martin Hicks
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 04:38:55PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 10:24:40AM -0400, Martin Hicks wrote: zone_reclaim() path doesn't let the memory reclaim code swap. reclaim with bound policy should only swap on the bound nodemask (or at least it did when I originally

Re: [patch] remove sys_set_zone_reclaim()

2005-08-02 Thread Martin Hicks
not sure whether it's the same issue - Martin? (Sorry..I was on vacation yesterday) Yes, this is the same issue with a different way of making it happen. Setting a zone's policy allows reclaim to happen automatically. I'll send in a patch to add a sysctl to do the manual dumping of pagecache really soon. mh

Re: [patch] remove sys_set_zone_reclaim()

2005-08-02 Thread Martin Hicks
way of making it happen. Setting a zone's policy allows reclaim to happen automatically. I'll send in a patch to add a sysctl to do the manual dumping of pagecache really soon. mh -- Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [PATCH] pgtables: fix GFP_KERNEL allocation with preempt disabled

2005-04-19 Thread Martin Hicks
icklist code. There is a GFP_KERNEL allocation in pgtable_quicklist_alloc(), which spews the usual warnings if the kernel is under heavy VM pressure and the reclaim code is invoked. re-enable preempt before we allocate the new page. This patch is against 2.6.12-rc2-mm2 Signed-off-by: Martin H

[PATCH] pgtables: fix GFP_KERNEL allocation with preempt disabled

2005-04-19 Thread Martin Hicks
Hi Andrew, This is a fix to the pgtable_quicklist code. There is a GFP_KERNEL allocation in pgtable_quicklist_alloc(), which spews the usual warnings if the kernel is under heavy VM pressure and the reclaim code is invoked. This patch is against 2.6.12-rc2-mm2 Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks

[PATCH] pgtables: fix GFP_KERNEL allocation with preempt disabled

2005-04-19 Thread Martin Hicks
Hi Andrew, This is a fix to the pgtable_quicklist code. There is a GFP_KERNEL allocation in pgtable_quicklist_alloc(), which spews the usual warnings if the kernel is under heavy VM pressure and the reclaim code is invoked. This patch is against 2.6.12-rc2-mm2 Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks

Re: [PATCH] pgtables: fix GFP_KERNEL allocation with preempt disabled

2005-04-19 Thread Martin Hicks
. There is a GFP_KERNEL allocation in pgtable_quicklist_alloc(), which spews the usual warnings if the kernel is under heavy VM pressure and the reclaim code is invoked. re-enable preempt before we allocate the new page. This patch is against 2.6.12-rc2-mm2 Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks [EMAIL

Re: [PATCH] meminfo: add Cached underflow check

2005-04-04 Thread Martin Hicks
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 03:10:49PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Martin Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Working on some code lately I've been getting huge values > > for "Cached". The cause is that get_page_cache_size() is an > > approximate v

[PATCH] meminfo: add Cached underflow check

2005-04-04 Thread Martin Hicks
Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> proc_misc.c |9 - 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.11.cached-limit/fs/proc/proc_misc.c === --- linux-2.6.11.cached-limit.orig/fs/proc/proc_mi

[PATCH] meminfo: add Cached underflow check

2005-04-04 Thread Martin Hicks
-by: Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc_misc.c |9 - 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.11.cached-limit/fs/proc/proc_misc.c === --- linux-2.6.11.cached-limit.orig/fs/proc/proc_misc.c 2005-03-31 11

Re: [PATCH] meminfo: add Cached underflow check

2005-04-04 Thread Martin Hicks
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 03:10:49PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Working on some code lately I've been getting huge values for Cached. The cause is that get_page_cache_size() is an approximate value, and for a sufficiently small returned value

Re: bad pgd/pmd in latest BK on ia64

2005-03-15 Thread Martin Hicks
nsole. It's also busted on ia64 in 2.6.11-mm3 if that narrows thing down. mh -- Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordo

Re: bad pgd/pmd in latest BK on ia64

2005-03-15 Thread Martin Hicks
: bad pgd e001febac000. mm/memory.c:99: bad pgd e001febc0d10. Things are similarly busted on sparc64 for me as well. Things instantly reboot right after the kernel tries to open an initial console. It's also busted on ia64 in 2.6.11-mm3 if that narrows thing down. mh -- Martin Hicks

Re: [PATCH] Restore PWC driver

2005-03-08 Thread Martin Hicks
; > Luc and I'm happy to help doing further work on it. However it's been like > that > in kernel for years so it might also be a good one for the janitors to join in > on ? I'd like to see this driver back in mainline too. Luc, please contact me and we'll get this working correctly on a bun

Re: [PATCH] Restore PWC driver

2005-03-08 Thread Martin Hicks
it might also be a good one for the janitors to join in on ? I'd like to see this driver back in mainline too. Luc, please contact me and we'll get this working correctly on a bunch of machines. mh -- Martin HicksWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 613-266-2296

Re: [PATCH] perthread_pages_alloc cleanup

2005-02-28 Thread Martin Hicks
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 09:35:09PM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 10:52:48AM -0500, Martin Hicks wrote: > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > This is just a cleanup - no functional changes. Gets a bunch of code > > outside an if by retu

[PATCH] perthread_pages_alloc cleanup

2005-02-28 Thread Martin Hicks
Hi Andrew, This is just a cleanup - no functional changes. Gets a bunch of code outside an if by returning NULL earlier. -- Martin HicksWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 613-266-2296 Signed-Off-By: Martin Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: linux-2.6

[PATCH] perthread_pages_alloc cleanup

2005-02-28 Thread Martin Hicks
Hi Andrew, This is just a cleanup - no functional changes. Gets a bunch of code outside an if by returning NULL earlier. -- Martin HicksWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 613-266-2296 Signed-Off-By: Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Index: linux-2.6.10/mm

Re: [PATCH] perthread_pages_alloc cleanup

2005-02-28 Thread Martin Hicks
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 09:35:09PM +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 10:52:48AM -0500, Martin Hicks wrote: Hi Andrew, This is just a cleanup - no functional changes. Gets a bunch of code outside an if by returning NULL earlier. the last discussion

Re: loading driver automatically & manually

2005-02-23 Thread Martin Hicks
ver source, Create an img and install RHEL4 using linux dd, it > works fine. I'm quite sure you should be contacting RedHat for support with their commercial product. mh -- Martin HicksWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 613-266-2296 - To unsubscribe from thi

Re: loading driver automatically manually

2005-02-23 Thread Martin Hicks
and install RHEL4 using linux dd, it works fine. I'm quite sure you should be contacting RedHat for support with their commercial product. mh -- Martin HicksWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 613-266-2296 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux

Re: [PATCH/RFC] A method for clearing out page cache

2005-02-22 Thread Martin Hicks
o pagecache (as well as other caches) that are on the node from other uses, not necessarily another HPC job that has recently terminated. mh -- Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&q

Re: [PATCH/RFC] A method for clearing out page cache

2005-02-22 Thread Martin Hicks
another HPC job that has recently terminated. mh -- Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo

Re: [PATCH/RFC] A method for clearing out page cache

2005-02-21 Thread Martin Hicks
ange in between two consecutive read calls. > 9) Comment - dont we need to protect the kernel global variable > toss_page_cache_nodes from simulaneous access by two tasks? yes, I protected this with a semaphore. mh -- Martin HicksWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PATCH/RFC] A method for clearing out page cache

2005-02-21 Thread Martin Hicks
to protect the kernel global variable toss_page_cache_nodes from simulaneous access by two tasks? yes, I protected this with a semaphore. mh -- Martin HicksWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 613-266-2296 This patch introduces a new sysctl for NUMA systems that tries

Re: [PATCH/RFC] A method for clearing out page cache

2005-02-16 Thread Martin Hicks
or space tweaks, and a never compiled nor tested rewrite of > proc_do_toss_page_cache_nodes() to try to make it look a little > prettier. Thanks for the review Paul. I'll take a harder look at your feedback and reply. -- Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PATCH/RFC] A method for clearing out page cache

2005-02-16 Thread Martin Hicks
, and a never compiled nor tested rewrite of proc_do_toss_page_cache_nodes() to try to make it look a little prettier. Thanks for the review Paul. I'll take a harder look at your feedback and reply. -- Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list

[PATCH/RFC] A method for clearing out page cache

2005-02-14 Thread Martin Hicks
on nodes in the following manner: echo 1,3,9-12 > /proc/sys/vm/toss_page_cache_nodes The patch was written by Ray Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and forward ported by me, Martin Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, to 2.6.11-rc3-mm2. Could we get this included in -mm Andrew? mh -

[PATCH/RFC] A method for clearing out page cache

2005-02-14 Thread Martin Hicks
on nodes in the following manner: echo 1,3,9-12 /proc/sys/vm/toss_page_cache_nodes The patch was written by Ray Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] and forward ported by me, Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED], to 2.6.11-rc3-mm2. Could we get this included in -mm Andrew? mh -- Martin HicksWild

[PATCH] fix ACPI_BOOT for ia64 (2.6.11-rc3-mm1)

2005-02-08 Thread Martin Hicks
Hi Andrew, One of your patches in 2.6.11-rc3-mm1 breaks ACPI_BOOT for ia64. It removes the dependence on CONFIG_ACPI and makes it exclusively depend on X86_HT, which is wrong. Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: linux-2.6.11-rc3-mm1/drivers/acpi/K

[PATCH] fix ACPI_BOOT for ia64 (2.6.11-rc3-mm1)

2005-02-08 Thread Martin Hicks
Hi Andrew, One of your patches in 2.6.11-rc3-mm1 breaks ACPI_BOOT for ia64. It removes the dependence on CONFIG_ACPI and makes it exclusively depend on X86_HT, which is wrong. Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Index: linux-2.6.11-rc3-mm1/drivers/acpi/Kconfig

Re: 2.4 and PPPoE problem

2001-03-12 Thread Martin Hicks
) seems to work fine and solve a problem which > sounds exactly like yours. > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Martin Hicks wrote: > > > The machine connects fine and allows network traffic to pass > > through the link. > > > > However, certain websites seem to choke. &g

2.4 and PPPoE problem

2001-03-12 Thread Martin Hicks
192.168.69.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 default magma 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0 -- Martin Hicks || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use PGP/GnuPG || DSS PGP Key: 0x4C7F2BEE Beer: So much more than just a breakfast drink. PGP

2.4 and PPPoE problem

2001-03-12 Thread Martin Hicks
192.168.69.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 default magma 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0 -- Martin Hicks || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use PGP/GnuPG || DSS PGP Key: 0x4C7F2BEE Beer: So much more than just a breakfast drink. PGP

Re: 2.4 and PPPoE problem

2001-03-12 Thread Martin Hicks
which sounds exactly like yours. On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Martin Hicks wrote: The machine connects fine and allows network traffic to pass through the link. However, certain websites seem to choke. (notable ones are www.chapters.ca and www.hp.com) Using Lynx or Netscape I get

Re: pppoe in 2.4.0

2001-01-19 Thread Martin Hicks
about." -- B. > Linuxcare, Inc. | L. Whorf > Support for the Revolution | > | > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ker

Re: pppoe in 2.4.0

2001-01-19 Thread Martin Hicks
Revolution | | - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Martin Hicks || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use PGP/GnuPG || DSS

pppoe in 2.4.0

2001-01-18 Thread Martin Hicks
the ppp interface in the kernel was overhauled? mh -- Martin Hicks || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use PGP/GnuPG || DSS PGP Key: 0x4C7F2BEE Beer: So much more than just a breakfast drink. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message

pppoe in 2.4.0

2001-01-18 Thread Martin Hicks
the ppp interface in the kernel was overhauled? mh -- Martin Hicks || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use PGP/GnuPG || DSS PGP Key: 0x4C7F2BEE Beer: So much more than just a breakfast drink. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message

2.2.18pre17: usb-uhci verbosity

2000-10-20 Thread Martin Hicks
-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1472 Oct 20 20:54:20 plato kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1856 Everything seems to be functioning correctly though. Reason? thanks mh -- Martin Hicks || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use PGP/GnuPG || DSS PGP Key: 0x4C7F2BEE Beer: So much more

2.2.18pre17: usb-uhci verbosity

2000-10-20 Thread Martin Hicks
-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1472 Oct 20 20:54:20 plato kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1856 Everything seems to be functioning correctly though. Reason? thanks mh -- Martin Hicks || [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use PGP/GnuPG || DSS PGP Key: 0x4C7F2BEE Beer: So much more