Re: [uml-devel] Fwd: Re: Why uml-add-tls-support-debug-check-never-works is needed

2006-03-27 Thread Blaisorblade
On Sunday 26 March 2006 22:40, Jeff Dike wrote: > And, BTW, you should probably send the TLS stuff in this week if you > want it to go into 2.6.17 easily. Ok, I've just finished everything (including proper detection of ) and feel satisfied of the code. However, look at the attached patch - it's

[uml-devel] Fwd: SMP skas requirements

2006-03-27 Thread Blaisorblade
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: SMP skas requirements Date: Monday 20 March 2006 22:06 From: Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is some interest from a group inside Intel in helping with skas SMP. I wrote up the fol

[uml-devel] Fwd: Re: SMP skas requirements

2006-03-27 Thread Blaisorblade
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: SMP skas requirements Date: Tuesday 28 March 2006 00:32 From: Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday 21 March 2006 00:44, Blaisorblade wrote: > On Monday 20 March 2006 22:06, Jeff

[uml-devel] Fwd: Re: SMP skas requirements

2006-03-27 Thread Blaisorblade
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: SMP skas requirements Date: Tuesday 28 March 2006 00:33 From: Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 20 March 2006 22:06, Jeff Dike wrote: > There is some interest from a group ins

[uml-devel] Re: (implementation idea) Re: uml and nonstandard memory splits?

2006-03-27 Thread Blaisorblade
On Friday 24 March 2006 18:26, Jeff Dike wrote: > On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 03:34:01PM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote: > > The EIP is inside the stub code page, and the two pages are one near the > > other. > I think you're going to have to talk more slowly and use shorter words. Yes, I've been a bit to

[uml-devel] [PATCH] UML - Hotplug memory, take 2

2006-03-27 Thread Jeff Dike
Changes since first version added check for MADV_REMOVE support on the host fixed error return botch shrunk sprintf array by one character This adds hotplug memory support to UML. The mconsole syntax is config mem=[+-]n[KMG] In other words, add or subtract some num

Re: [uml-devel] Integer overflows in new AIO ubd driver

2006-03-27 Thread Gerd Stolpmann
Am Montag, den 27.03.2006, 10:38 -0500 schrieb Jeff Dike: > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:49:25PM +0200, Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > > I recently tried to benchmark the new AIO-based ubd driver (including > > O_DIRECT), and ran into serious problems with filesystems > 4GB. I think > > I found the problem;

Re: [uml-devel] Integer overflows in new AIO ubd driver

2006-03-27 Thread Jeff Dike
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:49:25PM +0200, Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > I recently tried to benchmark the new AIO-based ubd driver (including > O_DIRECT), and ran into serious problems with filesystems > 4GB. I think > I found the problem; two overflows in ubd_kern.c (see patch). The first bit looks rea