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Subject: Re: [PATCH] migration_init() synchronization fixes 
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From: Patricia Gaughen <gone@us.ibm.com>
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  > This patch has helped me and some others having migration_init() troubles.
  > The migration_mask's semantics are altered for use as a lock word, and
  > some of its other functionality is deferred to a new counter and struct
  > completion to provide protection against pathological cases encountered
  > in practice.

Without this patch the 16 proc NUMA-Q box won't boot on 2.5.7/2.5.8.  With the 
patch the system boots. yeah!!!! :-)

Thanks,
Pat

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Patricia Gaughen (gone@us.ibm.com)
IBM Linux Technology Center
http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/


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