Re: [patch 3/6] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-26 Thread Paul Jackson
clarity of this code? -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in t

Re: [patch 5/6] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES flag

2008-02-26 Thread Paul Jackson
eep Oracle happy with this NUMA memory policy apparatus. I don't know if we still have that awareness. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -

Re: [patch 6/6] mempolicy: update NUMA memory policy documentation

2008-02-26 Thread Paul Jackson
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:24:02 -0600 From: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David Rientjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RFC] cpuset relative memory policies - second choice Message-Id: &l

Re: [patch 5/6] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES flag

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Jackson
t rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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://v

Re: [patch 3/6] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Jackson
Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [patch 1/6] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Jackson
trained by outside forces. People really do avoid relying on the default enum behaviour having any particular numbering. Whatever ... do as you will. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <

Re: [PATCH] cgroup: fix default notify_on_release setting

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Jackson
P_NOTIFY_ON_RELEASE, &cgrp->flags); Good catch, Li Zefan - thanks. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: s

Re: [patch 1/6] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Jackson
er, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [patch 1/6] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Jackson
MPOL_MAX, /* always last member of enum */ -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscr

Re: Tiny cpusets -- cpusets for small systems?

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Jackson
ines seem more like intelligent devices to me, such as disk controllers, which the kernel controls via device drivers, not by loading itself on them too. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson

Re: Tiny cpusets -- cpusets for small systems?

2008-02-23 Thread Paul Jackson
ll it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info

Re: [PATCH] cpuset: sparse warnings in cpuset.c

2008-02-23 Thread Paul Jackson
in cgroup.c -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EM

[PATCH] cgroup: fix sparse warning of shadow symbol in cgroup.c

2008-02-23 Thread Paul Jackson
From: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fix a code warning: symbol 'p' shadows an earlier one This is a reincarnation of Harvey Harrison's patch: cpuset: sparse warnings in cpuset.c Independently, Cliff Wickman moved the affected code, from kernel/cpuset.c to ke

Tiny cpusets -- cpusets for small systems?

2008-02-23 Thread Paul Jackson
silence, as well they should be. Furthermore, I can promise that I have no time to design or develop this myself; my good employer is quite focused on the other end of things - the big honkin NUMA and cluster systems. -- I won't rest till it's the best ...

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-20 Thread Paul Jackson
Paul "old man" Jackson -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i

Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/7] CGroup API: Add cgroup.api control file

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
itical use or user was; who found this essential, not just nice to have. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the li

Re: [PATCH 0/8][for -mm] mem_notify v6

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
each job. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message

Re: [PATCH 0/8][for -mm] mem_notify v6

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
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Re: [PATCH 0/8][for -mm] mem_notify v6

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
onfining an HPC jobs to using almost exactly all the memory available to it, but no more.) -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe

Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/7] CGroup API: Add cgroup.api control file

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
d man pages; good enough for my granddad, good enough for me ;). -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: IO queueing and complete affinity w/ threads: Some results

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
clue here -- just connecting up the pretty colored dots ;). -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &quo

Re: [PATCH 0/8][for -mm] mem_notify v6

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
tored out) that one mechanism would meet all needs ... except for that pesky HPC need for throttling to more or less zero the swapping from select cpusets. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson &

Re: [PATCH 0/8][for -mm] mem_notify v6

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
r than in proportion to unit sales ... ;) -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH 0/8][for -mm] mem_notify v6

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
ook different places in the kernel. It may well be that your hooks for embedded are simply in different places than my hooks for HPC. If so, that's fine. I look forward to your further thoughts. -- I won't rest till it's the best ...

Re: cpuset trivial documentation fix s/N_MEMORY/N_HIGH_MEMORY/

2008-02-19 Thread Paul Jackson
KOSAKI-san wrote: > +++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt 2008-02-19 19:37:14.0 +0900 > ... > -automatically tracks the value of node_states[N_MEMORY]--i.e., > +automatically tracks the value of node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]--i.e., Thanks. Acked-by: Paul Jackson <[

Re: [RFC] bitmap onto and fold operators for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-18 Thread Paul Jackson
l likely loose weight. What matters in that case is that things plod along without too much distress, and that when the job is restored to a proper size cpuset, its memory policies recover their full health. -- I won't rest till it's the best ...

Re: [PATCH 1/7] cgroup: fix and update documentation

2008-02-17 Thread Paul Jackson
release is now working ... no longer disabled. I believe the above line from the documentation is out of date. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.42

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/patch-tags, one more time

2008-02-17 Thread Paul Jackson
;t author). He's saying it's not an instance of the type "tag" line, such as the "Signed-off-by:" line that go after the patch explanation. The "From:" line is a different kind of line, with different rules and position. -- I won't r

Re: Unable to continue testing of 2.6.25

2008-02-17 Thread Paul Jackson
I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info a

Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] CGroup API: Update cpusets to use cgroup structured file API

2008-02-17 Thread Paul Jackson
. Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: USB regression (and other failures) in 2.6.2[45]*

2008-02-17 Thread Paul Jackson
Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please r

Re: [PATCH 0/8][for -mm] mem_notify v6

2008-02-17 Thread Paul Jackson
e useful. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body

Re: [19/19] ftrace

2008-02-17 Thread Paul Jackson
rogrammer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: USB regression (and other failures) in 2.6.2[45]*

2008-02-16 Thread Paul Jackson
won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: [RFC] bitmap onto and fold operators for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-16 Thread Paul Jackson
Thank-you for the kind and prompt review, kosaki-san. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &q

Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] CGroup API: Update cpusets to use cgroup structured file API

2008-02-16 Thread Paul Jackson
inor change in (1) pass without further comment. I'd like to recommend consideration of the following patch, to address the minor inconsistency of (2), and to save a few bytes of kernel text space. === From: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Strip all trailing whitespace (such as carriage r

Re: [RFC] bitmap onto and fold operators for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-16 Thread Paul Jackson
't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at ht

[RFC] bitmap onto and fold operators for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-16 Thread Paul Jackson
[Beware - never tested, never booted.] From: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The following adds two more bitmap operators, bitmap_onto() and bitmap_fold(), with the usual cpumask and nodemask wrappers. The bitmap_onto() operator computes one bitmap relative to another. If the n-th bit

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Jackson
tmap_onto(). I should be done in a few hours reworking it, and will post it then. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Jackson
if (mpol_mode(mode) >= MPOL_MAX) return -EINVAL; - if (mpol_flags(mode) & ~MPOL_MODE_FLAGS) - return -EINVAL; - flags = mpol_flags(mode) & MPOL_MODE_FLAGS; err = get_nodes(&nodes, nmask, maxnode); if (err) return err;

Re: [RFC] bitmap relative operator for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Jackson
I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mor

Re: [RFC] bitmap relative operator for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Jackson
David wrote: > There's also an extra "is" in the description: ah so so -- thanks. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To un

Re: [RFC] bitmap relative operator for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Jackson
rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo i

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Jackson
and the 'second' node in allowed nodes 4-10 is node 5, not 4. Similarly for relative nodes '3' and '5'. So that last line should be: > 1,3,5 4-105,7,9 -- I won't rest till it's the be

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Jackson
27;s the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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.k

Re: [RFC] bitmap relative operator for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Jackson
eplacing cpumask_t's with fixed arrays of 16 or 32 CPU numbers would be a big enough win to be worth the effort? -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.421

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Jackson
ode) & MPOL_MODE_FLAGS; err = get_nodes(&nodes, nmask, maxnode); if (err) return err; -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] reworking load_balance_monitor

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Jackson
not between one of them and another. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in

Re: [RFC] bitmap relative operator for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Jackson
Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [2.6 patch] kernel/cpuset.c: make 3 functions static

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Jackson
Adrian wrote: > This patch makes the following needlessly global functions static: > - cpuset_test_cpumask() > - cpuset_change_cpumask() > - cpuset_do_move_task() Thanks. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- I won't

[RFC] bitmap relative operator for mempolicy extensions

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Jackson
From: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Beware - never tested, never booted.] The following adds one more bitmap operator, with the usual cpumask and nodemask wrappers. This operator computes one bitmap relative to another. If the n-th bit in the origin mask is set, then the m-th bit

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Jackson
ure, they are making it harder to maintain the code, not easier. The single most important thing we can do to improve future maintainability of code is to make it more readable. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Jackson
behind their back. They cannot do so for memory policies, because mbind and set_mempolicy can only be issued on a task by itself. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Jackson
. not just over 3. I intend to post patches you can use to lib/bitmap.c and the related cpumask and nodemask apparatus that compute the above for you. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Jackson
ix of "|relative" or "|static" or some such. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscri

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-13 Thread Paul Jackson
to live with whatever you choose, after any further input from Lee or others. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-13 Thread Paul Jackson
7;policy' field unchanged in struct mempolicy and adding additional fields for the (three, in my case) new modes. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.38

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-13 Thread Paul Jackson
ntly includes failing EINVAL in some cases due to an empty nodemask intersection with the current cpuset. But I would also expect that this new MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES would allow specifying any nodes, whether or not any of them were in the tasks current cpuset. Looking ahead, I think Lee is saying pretty much the same thing. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-13 Thread Paul Jackson
I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Jackson
till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo in

Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Jackson
ufficient cause here is not clear to me. Future room for growth doesn't mean so much for me here; if we close one future alternative, we always have others, such as more mode flag bits. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalabil

Re: [patch 1/4] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Jackson
Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [patch 1/4] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Jackson
separate, through most of the mempolicy.c code <== -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [patch 1/4] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Jackson
the kernel code. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&qu

Re: [patch 1/4] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Jackson
ammer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [patch 1/4] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Jackson
rious combinations, and then one needs again to use defined constants. I see no evidence that either of those situations applies here. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [patch 1/4] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

2008-02-12 Thread Paul Jackson
blah blah ... -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the

Re: [patch 2/4] mempolicy: support optional mode flags

2008-02-11 Thread Paul Jackson
grammer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [patch 2/4] mempolicy: support optional mode flags

2008-02-11 Thread Paul Jackson
mine too, or I can follow up with a final PATCH that I recommend for *-mm, based on feedback from my RFC of this week, that applies on top of this good work. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability P

Re: [git pull] CPU isolation extensions (updated)

2008-02-09 Thread Paul Jackson
27;s the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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.k

Re: [PATCH] Documenting patch tags yet one more time

2008-02-08 Thread Paul Jackson
Jon wrote: > So here's a version which merges the information into > SubmittingPatches instead. Reviewed-by: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- That's my first time using that tag ... fun. Now I'm wondering if there might be some improvements that you, me, o

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/patch-tags, one more time

2008-02-08 Thread Paul Jackson
umentation/patch-tags added. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&q

Re: [PATCH] Fix compilation of powerpc asm-offsets.c with old gcc

2008-02-08 Thread Paul Jackson
Thanks, Olof and Harvey. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h= Just what I was looking for. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EM

Re: [PATCH] Fix compilation of powerpc asm-offsets.c with old gcc

2008-02-08 Thread Paul Jackson
mer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- 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-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [git pull] CPU isolation extensions

2008-02-07 Thread Paul Jackson
hat's the hurry? -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in t

Re: [git pull] CPU isolation extensions

2008-02-07 Thread Paul Jackson
her than my saying I don't have any more objections, my input doesn't mean much either way. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsu

Re: [2.6.24-rc8-mm1][regression?] numactl --interleave=all doesn't works on memoryless node.

2008-02-05 Thread Paul Jackson
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Re: [2.6.24 regression][BUGFIX] numactl --interleave=all doesn't works on memoryless node.

2008-02-05 Thread Paul Jackson
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Re: [2.6.24-rc8-mm1][regression?] numactl --interleave=all doesn't works on memoryless node.

2008-02-05 Thread Paul Jackson
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Re: [2.6.24-rc8-mm1][regression?] numactl --interleave=all doesn't works on memoryless node.

2008-02-05 Thread Paul Jackson
n of mempolicy's with cpusets and hotplug. I choose not to hijack this current thread with my rebuttal, which you've seen before, of your points here. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability

Re: [2.6.24-rc8-mm1][regression?] numactl --interleave=all doesn't works on memoryless node.

2008-02-05 Thread Paul Jackson
herefore fixes such as this to address immediate issues are probably needed. Yup. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from

Re: [2.6.24-rc8-mm1][regression?] numactl --interleave=all doesn't works on memoryless node.

2008-02-05 Thread Paul Jackson
l publish this patch proposal. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a mess

Re: Integrating cpusets and cpu isolation [was Re: [CPUISOL] CPU isolation extensions]

2008-02-04 Thread Paul Jackson
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Re: [PATCH 2/4 v2] hotplug cpu move tasks in empty cpusets to parent various other fixes

2008-02-04 Thread Paul Jackson
e suggested that you start these patches with the line: From: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This From line (or lacking that, the email header From line) is used to record the author in the source control checkin record. -- I won't rest till it's the best

Re: Integrating cpusets and cpu isolation [was Re: [CPUISOL] CPU isolation extensions]

2008-02-04 Thread Paul Jackson
I now agree that that wasn't a good idea. I am still a little surprised at using isolation extensions to disable irqs on select CPUs; but others have thought far more about irqs than I have, so I'll be quiet. -- I won't rest till it's the best ...

Re: [PATCH] cpuset: sparse warnings in cpuset.c

2008-02-02 Thread Paul Jackson
Harvey wrote: > Don't redeclare p, use a new variable q. You dah man! Thanks. Acked-by: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL

Re: Integrating cpusets and cpu isolation [was Re: [CPUISOL] CPU isolation extensions]

2008-02-02 Thread Paul Jackson
m any scheduler, but rather by polymorphically having several schedulers available to operate on each sched_domain, and having RT threads self-select the RT scheduler? -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability

Re: [PATCH] cpuset: sparse warnings in cpuset.c

2008-02-02 Thread Paul Jackson
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Re: Integrating cpusets and cpu isolation [was Re: [CPUISOL] CPU isolation extensions]

2008-02-01 Thread Paul Jackson
ttp://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/29/60 Too bad we didn't think to include you in the CC list of that thread from the beginning. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: scheduler scalability - cgroups, cpusets and load-balancing

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
) and (2). In your normal system, you just happen to get (1) effortlessly. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send t

Re: scheduler scalability - cgroups, cpusets and load-balancing

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
t' really means 'non-overlapping sched_domain' ? Or am I still confused ? I would like to get our concepts clear, and terms consistent. That's important for those others who would try to understand this. -- I won't rest till it's the best ...

Re: scheduler scalability - cgroups, cpusets and load-balancing

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
of a sched_domain, or is it something else? -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&q

Re: scheduler scalability - cgroups, cpusets and load-balancing

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
d the kernel/sched.c sched_domain code (a distinct possibility), if some CPU is not in any sched_domain, then it won't get balanced, RT or otherwise. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul

Re: scheduler scalability - cgroups, cpusets and load-balancing

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
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Re: scheduler scalability - cgroups, cpusets and load-balancing

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
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Re: scheduler scalability - cgroups, cpusets and load-balancing

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
7;ll want to add a flag anyway, if by doing so, I can make the kernel-user API, via cpusets, easier to understand. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To

Re: [PATCH -v2 4/7] RT overloaded runqueues accounting

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/29/60 Come on over and join the fun if you like. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.940.382.4214 -- To unsubscribe from this lis

Re: scheduler scalability - cgroups, cpusets and load-balancing

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
> Ok, I'll take a stab at understanding that code. See also the section: 1.7 What is sched_load_balance ? in Documentation/cpusets.txt. Good luck ;). -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability

Re: scheduler scalability - cgroups, cpusets and load-balancing

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Jackson
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