linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86, numa: Do not adjust start/end for early_node

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Date:	Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:44:43 +0100
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86, numa: Do not adjust start/end for
 early_node_mem()

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:43:18AM +0100, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 08:17:11PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > > The old code guarantees that the range is from a single zone, and even
> > > though memblock may be top -> down, it seems like there would be
> > > configurations where this would still be an issue (perhaps simulating it
> > > with numa=fake for testing?) if it crosses the boundary.
> > 
> > memblock_x86_find_in_range_node() will go over with early_node_map[].
> > so it will always can get right on node allocation.
> 
> I think always doing top-down allocation should be enough as long as
> there's no highmem, which we don't have on 64bit.  That said, the
> patch description should note the behavior difference.  Yinghai, care
> to add a bit more detail to the patch description?

Hmmm... thinking more about it, there actually is a difference.
Depending on configuration, the new code allows node_data[] to be
allocated below DMA boundary.  I think we need to keep the first if().
Areas crossing the boundaries is okay, in fact, the original code
already allowed that when the NUMA affine allocation failed; however,
node_data[] was never allowed below the DMA boundary and I think it
shouldn't be.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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