Re: Are we properly prepared to handle 3 Socket setups?

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Mon Aug 13 2007 - 16:45:01 EST


On Sun, 12 Aug 2007, Rene Herman wrote:

> > > /*
> > > * Maximum threshold is 125
> > > */
> > > threshold = min(125, threshold);
> > >
> > > as either the comment or the code is wrong and it seems it's the code.
> > > Added Andrew Morton to the CC for that.
> >
> > Yes, that's inconsistent. And looking at Christoph's df9ecaba it's unclear
> > whether the comment is wrong or the code is wrong. The code is wrong, I
> > expect.

?? What is wrong with the code? We want the threshold to stay below 125?

> On 08/12/2007 05:29 AM, Roland Dreier wrote:
>
> > What's the problem? That line sets threshold to the smaller of the current
> > value or 125, which is exactly what one would want to do if the
> > maximum value is 125. Just do a couple of examples: eg if threshold is
> > 100 going into that line, then the value is left alone; if threshold is
> > 150 then it gets set to 125; and that seems exactly correct.

Exactly.

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