Re: [PATCH] Allocate module.ref array dynamically

[Rusty Russell]

On Friday 21 November 2008 03:17:24 Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > 7) Make percpu area grow dynamically.
> >    - Yes, but a thorny tangle esp. with IA64.  The cmdline hack is
> > probably sufficient meanwhile, and parallels can be drawn with vmalloc.
>
> Allright. Please check with David Miller who wants to allocate thousands
> of network interfaces which all need a MIB block.

Yes, I'm already battling Dave over percpu issues.  I'll add this to the list 
:)

Thanks for the warning,
Rusty.
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