linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/39] lmb: Add lmb_find_area

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Date:	Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:37:09 -0700
From:	Yinghai <yinghai.lu@...cle.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/39] lmb: Add lmb_find_area_node()

On 04/12/2010 09:18 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 23:03 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> It can be used to find NODE_DATA for numa.
>>
>> Need to make sure early_node_map[] is filled before it is called, otherwise
>> it will fallback to lmb_find_area(), with node range.
> 
> Isn't that more duplication from what's already in there for nid
> handling ? (Which btw may not be optimal, simply what I'm saying is that
> all that stuff should be factored).

maybe could try to merge them later. or let sparc64 to use lmb_find_area_node()?

YH
 

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