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SubjectRE: [RFC PATCH] Add TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT, LOCKDEP_SUPPORT then enable ftrace for ia64
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On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 16:27 -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> >> diff -BruN linux-2.6.31-rc6/arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h
> >> linux-2.6.31-rc6-lockdep/arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h
> >> --- linux-2.6.31-rc6/arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h 2009-08-13
> >> 15:43:34.000000000 -0700
> >> +++ linux-2.6.31-rc6-lockdep/arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h 2009-08-23
> >> 18:59:00.000000000 -0700
> >> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
> >> #define PAGE_SIZE (__IA64_UL_CONST(1) << PAGE_SHIFT)
> >> #define PAGE_MASK (~(PAGE_SIZE - 1))
> >>
> >> -#define PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT 16 /* log2() of max. size of per-CPU area */
> >> +#define PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT 20 /*16 log2() of max. size of per-CPU area */
> >> #define PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE (__IA64_UL_CONST(1) << PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT)
> >
> > Why was this seemingly unrelated change done in a lockdep patch?
>
> IIRC it is because the lockdep code needs a lot more percpu memory than the
> 64K that ia64 allocates.
>
> But I think that I'd prefer to only allocate the extra space when it
> is needed:
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
> #define PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT 20 /* Need a Megabyte for lockdep */
> #else
> #define PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT 16 /* 64K should be enough for normal use */
> #endif

Hmm, isn't all that percpu stuff in a special section, who's size you
can query at boot time and set-up accordingly?





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