linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: add node physical memory range to sysfs

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Message-Id: <20121207155125.d3117244.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:51:25 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@...com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add node physical memory range to sysfs

On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:34:56 -0800
Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@...com> wrote:

> This patch adds a new 'memrange' file that shows the starting and
> ending physical addresses that are associated to a node. This is
> useful for identifying specific DIMMs within the system.

I was going to bug you about docmentation, but apparently we didn't
document /sys/devices/system/node/node*/.  A great labor-saving device,
that!

> --- a/drivers/base/node.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/node.c
> @@ -211,6 +211,19 @@ static ssize_t node_read_distance(struct device *dev,
>  }
>  static DEVICE_ATTR(distance, S_IRUGO, node_read_distance, NULL);
>  
> +static ssize_t node_read_memrange(struct device *dev,
> +				  struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	int nid = dev->id;
> +	unsigned long start_pfn = NODE_DATA(nid)->node_start_pfn;
> +	unsigned long end_pfn = start_pfn + NODE_DATA(nid)->node_spanned_pages;

hm.  Is this correct for all for
FLATMEM/SPARSEMEM/SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP/DISCONTIGME/etc?


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