linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 7/7] Provide the interface to validate the proc

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:55:11 +0800
From:	Dou Liyang <douly.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 7/7] Provide the interface to validate the proc_id
 which they give



在 2016年07月20日 02:53, Tejun Heo 写道:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 03:28:08PM +0800, Dou Liyang wrote:
>> When we want to identify whether the proc_id is unreasonable or not, we
>> can call the "acpi_processor_validate_proc_id" function. It will search
>> in the duplicate IDs. If we find the proc_id in the IDs, we return true
>> to the call function. Conversely, false represents available.
>>
>> When we establish all possible cpuid <-> nodeid mapping, we will use the
>> proc_id from ACPI table.
>>
>> We do validation when we get the proc_id. If the result is true, we will
>> stop the mapping.
> The patch title probably should include "acpi:" header.  I can't tell
> much about the specifics of the acpi changes but I think this is the
> right approach for handling cpu hotplugs.

I will change the title in the next version.

Thanks.
> Thanks.
>