Re: kvm_intel: Could not allocate 42 bytes percpu data

[Rusty Russell]

Chegu Vinod <chegu_vinod@xxxxxx> writes:
> On 7/1/2013 10:49 PM, Rusty Russell wrote:
>> Chegu Vinod <chegu_vinod@xxxxxx> writes:
>>> On 6/30/2013 11:22 PM, Rusty Russell wrote:
>>>> module: do percpu allocation after uniqueness check.  No, really!
>>>>
>>>> v3.8-rc1-5-g1fb9341 was supposed to stop parallel kvm loads exhausting
>>>> percpu memory on large machines:
>>>>
>>>>       Now we have a new state MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED, we can insert the
>>>>       module into the list (and thus guarantee its uniqueness) before we
>>>>       allocate the per-cpu region.
>>>>
>>>> In my defence, it didn't actually say the patch did this.  Just that
>>>> we "can".
>>>>
>>>> This patch actually *does* it.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Tested-by: Noone it seems.
>>> Your following "updated" fix seems to be working fine on the larger
>>> socket count machine with HT-on.
>> OK, did you definitely revert every other workaround?
>
> Yes no other workarounds were there when your change was tested.
>
>>
>> If so, please give me a Tested-by: line...
>
> FYI.... The actual verification of your change was done by my esteemed 
> colleague :Jim Hull (cc'd) who had access to this larger socket count box.
>
>
>
> Tested-by: Jim Hull <jim.hull@xxxxxx>

Thanks, I've put this in my -next tree, and CC'd stable.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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