Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> Yes on the 64-bit side we've had NUM_INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTORS (==8) for a 
> long time, but note that 64-bit is obviously for more modern CPUs. What 
> i'm mindful about (i'm not _that_ worried) are fragile APICs and unknown 
> erratas.
>   

Well, the whole exercise is only useful if you have a relatively large 
number of CPUs, which presumably means you have relatively modern 
APICs.  If we set the number of queues to 1 for < 4 CPUs, would that 
avoid the problem APICs?

    J
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