Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 May 2011 08:26:53 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: UV BAU fix for non-consecutive nasids |
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* Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com> wrote:
> From: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com> > > This is a fix for the SGI Altix-UV Broadcast Assist Unit code, which is > used for TLB flushing. > > This patch allows nasids (numa address space id's) to be non-consecutive, as is > the case when using nasid striding or in some certain hardware configurations. > It also provides a table in local memory for each cpu to translate target cpu > number to target pnode and nasid.
This changelog is missing one or more of the following essential pieces of information:
- what user-visible problem is the patch solving - how was the problem triggered, how was the bug found - what/how many systems are affected - why should maintainers apply this patch right now
Thanks,
Ingo
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