RFR (S) 8175813: PPC64: "mbind: Invalid argument" when -XX:+UseNUMA is used

[Gustavo Romero]

Hi David

On 17-05-2017 19:42, David Holmes wrote:
> Hi Gustavo,
> 
> If this is a request for review because the backport didn't apply cleanly then it should be reviewed on the hotspot mailing lists. A link to that review thread should be included in the RFA.

Yes, that's the case here. I'm re-posting it to the hotspot ML.


> If this is intended to be a request for approval then it is in the wrong format.
> 
> Thanks,
> David

Thanks!
Gustavo


> 
> On 18/05/2017 8:36 AM, Gustavo Romero wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Could the following webrev be reviewed, please?
>>
>> webrev       : http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gromero/8175813/backport/
>> bug          : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8175813
>> review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2017-May/026788.html
>>
>> It's a backport of 8175813, which fixes JVM numa detection on PPC64.
>>
>> Currently there is no Linux distros that package only libnuma v1, so libnuma api
>> v2 (used in that change) is always available.
>>
>> I understand that it's correct to proceed to request an approval to backport it
>> to 8u once reviewed and already in 10 before getting it into 9 [1].
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Gustavo
>>
>> [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2017-March/006512.html
>>
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