linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Replace all open encodings for NUMA_NO

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Message-ID: <d7cb905f-76f7-3053-2a46-e1a514bd309b@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:36:28 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jiangqi903@...il.com, hverkuil@...all.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Replace all open encodings for NUMA_NO_NODE

On 23.11.18 10:54, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> At present there are multiple places where invalid node number is encoded
> as -1. Even though implicitly understood it is always better to have macros
> in there. Replace these open encodings for an invalid node number with the
> global macro NUMA_NO_NODE. This helps remove NUMA related assumptions like
> 'invalid node' from various places redirecting them to a common definition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
> ---
> 
> Changes in V1:
> 
> - Dropped OCFS2 changes per Joseph
> - Dropped media/video drivers changes per Hans
> 
> RFC - https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10678035/
> 
> Build tested this with multiple cross compiler options like alpha, sparc,
> arm64, x86, powerpc, powerpc64le etc with their default config which might
> not have compiled tested all driver related changes. I will appreciate
> folks giving this a test in their respective build environment.
> 
> All these places for replacement were found by running the following grep
> patterns on the entire kernel code. Please let me know if this might have
> missed some instances. This might also have replaced some false positives.
> I will appreciate suggestions, inputs and review.
> 
> 1. git grep "nid == -1"
> 2. git grep "node == -1"
> 3. git grep "nid = -1"
> 4. git grep "node = -1"

Hopefully you found most users :)

Did you check if some are encoded into function calls? f(-1, ...)

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb