Re: [PATCH 3/8] SGI x86_64 UV: Limit the number of number of SRATmessages

[Mike Travis]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Mike Travis <travis@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Limit number of SRAT messages of the form:
> > [    0.000000] SRAT: PXM 0 -> APIC 0 -> Node 0
>
> While I generally agree on the concept of limiting per CPU information
> (see other mail) I don't think removing this message by default 
> is a good idea. I regularly needed it for debugging some NUMA related
> problems and they still happen moderately often even today.
>
> I think the right approach here, to limit output, would be to figure out
> a more compact output format, perhaps using a matrix in a table
> or simply printing multiple pair per line.
>
> -Andi

On our UV systems, this really is redundant information and adds noise
to the console printout.  If you need to examine it, dmesg will provide
it (or don't use the limit_console_output flag)?

I had thought of some reduction techniques to reduce console output, but
it didn't seem worth the complexity.  Perhaps I was wrong?

Thanks,
Mike

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