[PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-20 Thread Nathan Fontenot
This is a re-send of the remaining patches that did not make it into the last kernel release for de-coupling sysfs memory directories from memory sections. The first three patches of the previous set went in, and this is the remaining patches that need to be applied. The patches decouple the

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-20 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:36:40AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time a directory is created a string compare is done against sibling directories ( see sysfs_find_dirent() ) to ensure we do not create duplicates. The list of

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-20 Thread Nathan Fontenot
On 01/20/2011 10:45 AM, Greg KH wrote: On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:36:40AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time a directory is created a string compare is done against sibling directories ( see sysfs_find_dirent() ) to ensure we do not

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-20 Thread Dave Hansen
On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 08:45 -0800, Greg KH wrote: On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:36:40AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time a directory is created a string compare is done against sibling directories ( see sysfs_find_dirent() ) to

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-20 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:51:44AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: On 01/20/2011 10:45 AM, Greg KH wrote: On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:36:40AM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time a directory is created a string compare is done against

[PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-10 Thread Nathan Fontenot
This is a re-send of the remaining patches that did not make it into the last kernel release for de-coupling sysfs memory directories from memory sections. The first three patches of the previous set went in, and this is the remaining patches that need to be applied. The patches decouple the

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-10 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:08:56PM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: This is a re-send of the remaining patches that did not make it into the last kernel release for de-coupling sysfs memory directories from memory sections. The first three patches of the previous set went in, and this is the

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-10 Thread Nathan Fontenot
On 01/10/2011 12:44 PM, Greg KH wrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:08:56PM -0600, Nathan Fontenot wrote: This is a re-send of the remaining patches that did not make it into the last kernel release for de-coupling sysfs memory directories from memory sections. The first three patches of the

Re: [PATCH 0/4] De-couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

2011-01-10 Thread Robin Holt
The root of this issue is in sysfs directory creation. Every time a directory is created a string compare is done against all sibling directories to ensure we do not create duplicates. The list of directory nodes in sysfs is kept as an unsorted list which results in this being an