Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754576AbZIRH35 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:29:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751338AbZIRH35 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:29:57 -0400 Received: from mk-filter-2-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.100.53]:13608 "EHLO mk-filter-2-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750950AbZIRH34 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:29:56 -0400 X-Trace: 263037349/mk-filter-2.mail.uk.tiscali.com/B2C/$b2c-THROTTLED-DYNAMIC/b2c-CUSTOMER-DYNAMIC-IP/80.41.69.67/None/hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 80.41.69.67 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk X-SMTP-AUTH: X-MUA: X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEABLUskpQKUVD/2dsb2JhbACBUtJshBwFgVg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,408,1249254000"; d="scan'208";a="263037349" Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:29:09 +0100 (BST) From: Hugh Dickins X-X-Sender: hugh@sister.anvils To: Andi Kleen cc: Andrew Morton , "Zhang, Yanmin" , Peter Zijlstra , LKML , Ingo Molnar , Arjan van de Ven , "lee.schermerhorn@hp.com" Subject: Re: aim7 scalability issue on 4 socket machine In-Reply-To: <20090918071217.GB17634@basil.fritz.box> Message-ID: References: <1253179879.2606.37.camel@ymzhang> <1253180411.8497.1.camel@twins> <1253239339.2606.40.camel@ymzhang> <20090917195909.3a00ef83.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090918071217.GB17634@basil.fritz.box> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 649 Lines: 17 On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Andi Kleen wrote: > > So yes I think simple non intrusive fixes for serious scalability > problems should be stable candidates. This one is certainly non-intrusive, and you're all in agreement that it better go in, so I won't dispute that. (But I'm a little worried that this easily fixed issue will turn out to be just the first in a string of not so easily fixed issues.) Hugh -- 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/