Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757199AbZIPGzL (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:55:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754940AbZIPGzJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:55:09 -0400 Received: from smtp-out.google.com ([216.239.33.17]:38459 "EHLO smtp-out.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750879AbZIPGzH (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:55:07 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=beta; d=google.com; c=nofws; q=dns; h=date:from:x-x-sender:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id: references:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:x-system-of-record; b=EIjMh9dv0idvcy5BCnGTGUYuy16gf+2o6A0yOzBkdt17082z6EuduPMEHdkMPU6sH K9UNIxgmE2UnT4kEi254A== Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:55:03 -0700 (PDT) From: David Rientjes X-X-Sender: rientjes@chino.kir.corp.google.com To: Pekka Enberg cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, cl@linux-foundation.org, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com, mingo@elte.hu, npiggin@suse.de, sachinp@in.ibm.com Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] SLQB: Mark the allocator as broken PowerPC and S390 In-Reply-To: <1253083059.5478.1.camel@penberg-laptop> Message-ID: References: <1253083059.5478.1.camel@penberg-laptop> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (DEB 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-System-Of-Record: true Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1376 Lines: 40 On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Pekka Enberg wrote: > The SLQB allocator is known to be broken on certain PowerPC and S390 > configurations. Disable the allocator in Kconfig for those architectures > until the issues are resolved. > > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: Christoph Lameter > Cc: Heiko Carstens > Cc: Ingo Molnar > Cc: Nick Piggin > Cc: Sachin Sant > Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg > --- > init/Kconfig | 1 + > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig > index c0d8a47..aaeddeb 100644 > --- a/init/Kconfig > +++ b/init/Kconfig > @@ -1033,6 +1033,7 @@ config SLUB > > config SLQB > bool "SLQB (Queued allocator)" > + depends on !PPC && !S390 > help > SLQB is a proposed new slab allocator. > I think this should be (!PPC && !S390) || EXPERIMENTAL so that it can still be enabled for debugging and development. Is this in preparation for slqb inclusion as a non-default slab allocator in 2.6.32? 2.6.33? -- 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/