Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:49:02 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: proc_misc.c bug |
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On 10 Apr 2003 22:44:17 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
| On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 23:02, David Mosberger wrote: | > The workaround below is to allocate 4KB per 8 CPUs. Not really a | > solution, but the fundamental problem is that /proc/interrupts | > shouldn't use a fixed buffer size in the first place. I suppose | > another solution would be to use vmalloc() instead. It all feels like | > bandaids though. | | How about switching to Al's seqfile interface ?
It's already using it, but it uses the simple/single version of it, which doesn't automagically extend the output buffer area when it's full, so a max size buffer has to be allocated for it up front.
I'll look at changing it unless somebody beats me (to it :).
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