Re: [Libvir] [RFC][PATCH 0/2] Tested NUMA patches for available memory and topology

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 12:41:21PM -0500, Ryan Harper wrote:
> * Elizabeth Kon <eak us ibm com> [2007-09-28 12:32]:
> > >no, we can always get a total of _free_ memory, we just don't have a
> > >call for _total_ ram (ie, free and non-free) -- only what's in the heap
> > >(free mem).
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > I asked DV about this off-list and he said he actually wanted total, not 
> > free. DV please correct me if I misunderstood.
> 
> Ah, OK - the text as written mentions _free_ - which is why I responded.

  It seems a bit silly to me to have topology informations about which
CPUs are part of the same Cell (i.e. share the same memory costs) but
being unable to find out how much memory is actually local to that cell.
Sure the current free heap on that cell helps to place new jobs but it's
only a temporary view.

Daniel

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