linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi, numa: fix pxm to online numa node associations

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Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:16:39 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Cc:     stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi, numa: fix pxm to online numa node associations

[ adding Toshi's correct address ]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 8:08 PM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:
> Commit 99759869faf1 "acpi: Add acpi_map_pxm_to_online_node()" added
> support for mapping a given proximity to its nearest, by SLIT distance,
> online node. However, it sometimes returns unexpected results due to the
> fact that it switches from comparing the PXM node to the last node that
> was closer than the current max.
>
>     for_each_online_node(n) {
>             dist = node_distance(node, n);
>             if (dist < min_dist) {
>                     min_dist = dist;
>                     node = n;   <---- from this point we're using the
>                                       wrong node for node_distance()
>
>
> Fixes: 99759869faf1 ("acpi: Add acpi_map_pxm_to_online_node()")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> ---
> Rafael, I can take this through the nvdimm tree with your ack. I have a
> few other nvdimm fixes pending for 4.16.
>
>  drivers/acpi/numa.c |   10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa.c b/drivers/acpi/numa.c
> index 8ccaae3550d2..85167603b9c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/numa.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/numa.c
> @@ -103,25 +103,27 @@ int acpi_map_pxm_to_node(int pxm)
>   */
>  int acpi_map_pxm_to_online_node(int pxm)
>  {
> -       int node, n, dist, min_dist;
> +       int node, min_node;
>
>         node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm);
>
>         if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
>                 node = 0;
>
> +       min_node = node;
>         if (!node_online(node)) {
> -               min_dist = INT_MAX;
> +               int min_dist = INT_MAX, dist, n;
> +
>                 for_each_online_node(n) {
>                         dist = node_distance(node, n);
>                         if (dist < min_dist) {
>                                 min_dist = dist;
> -                               node = n;
> +                               min_node = n;
>                         }
>                 }
>         }
>
> -       return node;
> +       return min_node;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_map_pxm_to_online_node);
>
>