Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932842AbXA3BUL (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:20:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932671AbXA3BUK (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:20:10 -0500 Received: from smtp-out.google.com ([216.239.45.13]:31436 "EHLO smtp-out.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932842AbXA3BUJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:20:09 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=beta; d=google.com; c=nofws; q=dns; h=received:date:from:x-x-sender:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to: message-id:references:mime-version:content-type; b=uP5D8lhHhQo1zWCff0UXPMLq85IGBaRVsQ6VL/AZRE78QdGzW6a+PQIxQ4TSMutJ+ JYaBZ5eR4VAHyhvHpgh5Q== Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:19:54 -0800 (PST) From: David Rientjes X-X-Sender: rientjes@chino.kir.corp.google.com To: Andi Kleen cc: Andrew Morton , Rohit Seth , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch -mm 3/5] x86_64: fixed-size remaining fake nodes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200701291436.59930.ak@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 955 Lines: 25 On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, David Rientjes wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > On Thursday 25 January 2007 22:37, David Rientjes wrote: > > > Any leftover memory is allocated > > > to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. > > > > That sounds like syntactical vinegar and a nasty trap. Remember > > that venus probe that got lost because of a wrong comma. > > Can you find some nicer syntax for that please? > > > I agree it's not a good idea to prevent the remaining RAM from being allocated to an additional node. It was helpful in testing and the gathering of benchmarks for the purpose of memory management, but not for real-world cases. It's been removed. David - 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/