linux-kernel - Re: [patch 08/18] mm: Adjust system

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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2017 10:33:40 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Subject: Re: [patch 08/18] mm: Adjust system_state check

On Mon, 15 May 2017 08:18:26 +0200
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:


> > --- a/drivers/base/node.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/node.c
> > @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static int __ref get_nid_for_pfn(unsigne
> >  	if (!pfn_valid_within(pfn))
> >  		return -1;
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
> > -	if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)
> > +	if (system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING)  
> 
> Someone better comment the place where these are defined that they need
> to be in a specific order, I don't think they have been tested this way
> in the past...

Comments never hurt but it has been used before this patch set.

$ git grep  SYSTEM_RUNNING v4.12-rc1 | grep -e '<' -e '>'
v4.12-rc1:arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c:    if (system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING)
v4.12-rc1:arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c:         if (system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING)
v4.12-rc1:arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/eeh-powernv.c:         if (system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING)
v4.12-rc1:drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c:    if (unlikely(system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING))
v4.12-rc1:drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c:    if (system_state > SYSTEM_RUNNING) {

-- Steve