2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h
index 9b0e61bf7a8..bddd44f2f0a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define UV_CPUS_PER_ACT_STATUS          32
 #define UV_ACT_STATUS_MASK              0x3
 #define UV_ACT_STATUS_SIZE              2
-#define UV_ACTIVATION_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE   32
+#define UV_ADP_SIZE                     32
 #define UV_DISTRIBUTION_SIZE            256
 #define UV_SW_ACK_NPENDING              8
 #define UV_NET_ENDPOINT_INTD            0x38
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
index ed0c33761e6..16f0fd4f18e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
@@ -715,7 +715,12 @@ uv_activation_descriptor_init(int node, int pnode)
         struct bau_desc *adp;
         struct bau_desc *ad2;
 
-        adp = (struct bau_desc *)kmalloc_node(16384, GFP_KERNEL, node);
+        /*
+         * each bau_desc is 64 bytes; there are 8 (UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR)
+         * per cpu; and up to 32 (UV_ADP_SIZE) cpu's per blade
+         */
+        adp = (struct bau_desc *)kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct bau_desc)*
+                UV_ADP_SIZE*UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR, GFP_KERNEL, node);
         BUG_ON(!adp);
 
         pa = uv_gpa(adp); /* need the real nasid*/
@@ -729,7 +734,13 @@ uv_activation_descriptor_init(int node, int pnode)
                                       (n << UV_DESC_BASE_PNODE_SHIFT | m));
         }
 
-        for (i = 0, ad2 = adp; i < UV_ACTIVATION_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE; i++, ad2++) {
+        /*
+         * initializing all 8 (UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR) descriptors for each
+         * cpu even though we only use the first one; one descriptor can
+         * describe a broadcast to 256 nodes.
+         */
+        for (i = 0, ad2 = adp; i < (UV_ADP_SIZE*UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR);
+                i++, ad2++) {
                 memset(ad2, 0, sizeof(struct bau_desc));
                 ad2->header.sw_ack_flag = 1;
                 /*