Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:42:32 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [discuss] [patch 3/3] x86_64: Node local pda take 2 -- node local pda allocation |
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 06:37:48PM -0800, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote: > Patch uses a static PDA array early at boot and reallocates processor PDA > with node local memory when kmalloc is ready, just before pda_init. > The boot_cpu_pda is needed since the cpu_pda is used even before pda_init for > that cpu is called. > (pda_init is called when APs are brought on at rest_init(). But > setup_per_cpu_areas is called early in start_kernel and > sched_init uses the per-cpu offset table early) >
That is why I suggested to allocate it in smpboot.c in advance before starting the AP. Can you please do that change?
-Andi
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