linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RESEND v2 2/2] xen: enable vnuma for PV guest

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Date:	Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:48:47 +0100
From:	Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@...rix.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
CC:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <wency@...fujitsu.com>,
	<stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>,
	<mingo@...hat.com>, Elena Ufimtseva <ufimtseva@...il.com>,
	<hpa@...or.com>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	<boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	<ian.campbell@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RESEND v2 2/2] xen: enable vnuma for PV guest

On mar, 2013-11-19 at 14:56 +0000, David Vrabel wrote:
> The relevant bits in dummy_numa_init are in the error path of
> xen_numa_init().
> 
> I do think this approach (using the provided API to setup the single
> (dummy) node), is preferable to calling dummy_numa_init().
> 
> If I thought the hypervisor ABI was finalized, I'd be happy with this
> series as-is -- the remaining issues are superficial.
> 
So, David, in this regard, what do you think about these (and the
following messages in the thread?

http://bugs.xenproject.org/xen/mid/%3C528B7D350200007800104840@nat28.tlf.novell.com%3E
http://bugs.xenproject.org/xen/mid/%3C1384871712.19880.90.camel@Abyss%3E
http://bugs.xenproject.org/xen/mid/%3C528B885702000078001048CF@nat28.tlf.novell.com%3E
http://bugs.xenproject.org/xen/mid/%3C1384875772.15360.6.camel@Solace%3E
http://bugs.xenproject.org/xen/mid/%3C528B97C502000078001049AE@nat28.tlf.novell.com%3E

I think Jan has a point about how we are right now retrieving and
treating the number of vnodes...

Thanks and Regards,
Dario

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