linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] workqueue: fix a bug when numa mapping is changed

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Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:18:50 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com, tangchen@...fujitsu.com,
	izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] workqueue: fix a bug when numa mapping is changed

Hello,

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 01:04:00PM +0800, Gu Zheng wrote:
> wq generates the numa affinity (pool->node) for all the possible cpu's
> per cpu workqueue at init stage, that means the affinity of currently un-present
> ones' may be incorrect, so we need to update the pool->node for the new added cpu
> to the correct node when preparing online, otherwise it will try to create worker
> on invalid node if node hotplug occurred.

If the mapping is gonna be static once the cpus show up, any chance we
can initialize that for all possible cpus during boot?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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