linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 3/6] x86, 64bit, numa: Put pgtable to local node memory

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1012291637270.6040@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:39:41 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 3/6] x86, 64bit, numa: Put pgtable to local node
 memory

On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Yinghai Lu wrote:

> >> -v2: update it to recent numa-emulation change
> >>
> >
> > Lovely, yet another interbranch conflict.  This makes me very concerned.
> >
> > What is the delta between these?
> >
> 
> your new x86/numa have
> 
>        setup_physnodes(addr, max_addr, acpi, amd);
>        fake_physnodes(acpi, amd, num_nodes);
> 
> instead of
> 
>         acpi_fake_nodes(nodes, num_nodes);
> 
> in  numa_emulation()
> 

That's from f51bf3073a1 (x86, numa: Fake apicid and pxm mappings for NUMA 
emulation) and c1c3443c9c (x86, numa: Fake node-to-cpumask for NUMA 
emulation) in x86/numa.  Given the subject line, I think your patchset is 
targeted to the same branch so I'm not sure what's concerning?