linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: add numa node symlink for memory section in sysfs

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Message-ID: <20091112172640.GA9320@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:26:40 -0800
From:	Gary Hade <garyhade@...ibm.com>
To:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Gary Hade <garyhade@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: add numa node symlink for memory section in
	sysfs

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 03:36:44PM -0700, Alex Chiang wrote:
> Commit c04fc586c (mm: show node to memory section relationship with
> symlinks in sysfs) created symlinks from nodes to memory sections, e.g.
> 
> /sys/devices/system/node/node1/memory135 -> ../../memory/memory135
> 
> If you're examining the memory section though and are wondering what
> node it might belong to, you can find it by grovelling around in
> sysfs, but it's a little cumbersome.
> 
> Add a reverse symlink for each memory section that points back to the
> node to which it belongs.

Hi Alex,
I'm kinda late to the party but I finally had a chance to review
and try it out on one of our systems today.  Looks good to me.
Tested-by: Gary Hade <garyhade@...ibm.com>
Acked-by: Gary Hade <garyhade@...ibm.com>

Gary

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