Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751510AbWEOPpw (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 11:45:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751499AbWEOPpw (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 11:45:52 -0400 Received: from sj-iport-4.cisco.com ([171.68.10.86]:35888 "EHLO sj-iport-4.cisco.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751510AbWEOPpv (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 11:45:51 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.05,130,1146466800"; d="scan'208"; a="1806303880:sNHT29589284" To: "Bryan O'Sullivan" Cc: openib-general@openib.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4 of 53] ipath - cap number of PDs that can be allocated X-Message-Flag: Warning: May contain useful information References: <300f0aa6f034eec6a806.1147477369@eng-12.pathscale.com> From: Roland Dreier Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 08:45:49 -0700 In-Reply-To: <300f0aa6f034eec6a806.1147477369@eng-12.pathscale.com> (Bryan O'Sullivan's message of "Fri, 12 May 2006 16:42:49 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.18 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 May 2006 15:45:49.0909 (UTC) FILETIME=[A3D8A850:01C67836] Authentication-Results: sj-dkim-4.cisco.com; header.From=rdreier@cisco.com; dkim=pass ( sig from cisco.com verified; ); Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 665 Lines: 14 > Put an arbitrary cap on the maximum number of PDs that can be allocated > for a device. This is arbitrary because the number we support > is constrained only by system memory and what kmalloc can give us. > Nevertheless, if we don't have a limit, some third-party OpenIB stress > tests fail. The limit can be changed on the fly using a module parameter. Would it make more sense to fix the stress test? - R. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/