linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] x86/numa_emulation: assign physnode_mask directly from numa_nodes

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Date:   Mon, 26 Jun 2017 20:40:26 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
Cc:     kirill@...temov.name, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com, tj@...nel.org, rientjes@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] x86/numa_emulation: assign physnode_mask directly
 from numa_nodes_parsed

On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 09:04:52PM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
> numa_init() has already called init_func(), which is responsible for
> setting numa_nodes_parsed, so use this nodemask instead of re-finding it
> when calling numa_emulation().
> 
> This patch gets the physnode_mask directly from numa_nodes_parsed. At
> the same time, it corrects the comment of these two functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> 
> ---
> v2: refresh the change log based on David Rientjes comment
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c | 18 ++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c
> index eb017c816de6..a6d01931b9a1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c
> @@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ static int __init emu_setup_memblk(struct numa_meminfo *ei,
>  
>  /*
>   * Sets up nr_nodes fake nodes interleaved over physical nodes ranging from addr
> - * to max_addr.  The return value is the number of nodes allocated.
> + * to max_addr.
> + *
> + * Returns zero on success or negative error code.

						     ... on error.

Other than that:

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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