linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] workqueue fixes for v4.13-rc3

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 15:32:04 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Michael Bringmann <mwb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] workqueue fixes for v4.13-rc3

Hi Tejun,

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 04:47:41PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Some code is mixing up multiple memory nodes with multiple cpu nodes.
>> M68k uses DISCONTIGMEM, but  not NUMA (no SMP):
>>
>>     config NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
>>         def_bool y
>>         depends on DISCONTIGMEM || NUMA
>>
>> The (virtual) Atari has 2 memory nodes:
>>   - node0: start 0x00000000 size 0x00e00000
>>   - node1: start 0x01000000 size 0x10000000
>> Both are tied to the same (single) CPU node, of course.
>
> Ah, okay, so it has multiple nodes but not NUMA.  The generic numa
> topology code assumes that there's only one node if !NUMA and reports
> all online cpus regardless of the node number, which makes the same
> CPUs to be reported for all nodes on the system.  I think something
> like the following (completely untested) should work.

Thank you, that got rid of the warning.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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