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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4.1 NUMA support

To: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>, George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4.1 NUMA support
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:31:38 +0000
Cc: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Papagiannis Anastasios <apapag@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 13/11/2009 14:14, "Andre Przywara" <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Keir, I will check if dropping the node containment in the CPU
> overcommitment case is an option, but what would be the right strategy
> in that case?
> Warn the user?
> Don't contain at all?
> Contain to more than onde node?

I would suggest simply don't contain at all (i.e., keep equivalent numa=off
behaviour) would be safest.

 -- Keir



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