Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 May 2010 23:22:33 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Possible bug in 2.6.34 slub |
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Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 01:39:43 +0200 Giangiacomo Mariotti wrote: > >> Hi, I've recently noticed this line on the dmesg output(kernel 2.6.34): >> [ 0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=14, HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, >> CPUs=16, Nodes=1 >> >> My cpu is an I7 920, so it has 4 cores and there's hyperthreading >> enabled, so there are 8 logical cpus. Is this a bug? > > > No, it's just some boot/init time information. > I would consider it a bug to claim CPUs=xx when xx is something other than the number of cores or the number of SMT threads supported by the processor. Of course if /proc/cpuinfo shows four siblings per core or something exciting, then it's right and you have a CPU you can sell to gizmodo and tell them a drunk left on the bar.
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