linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: update numastat explanation

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Message-ID: <20200515113716.29853dc8@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 15 May 2020 11:37:16 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Sandipan Das <sandipan@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: update numastat explanation

On Thu,  7 May 2020 14:02:17 +0200
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz> wrote:

> During recent patch discussion [1] it became apparent that the "other_node"
> definition in the numastat documentation has always been different from actual
> implementation. It was also noted that the stats can be innacurate on systems
> with memoryless nodes.
> 
> This patch corrects the other_node definition (with minor tweaks to two more
> definitions), adds a note about memoryless nodes and also two introductory
> paragraphs to the numastat documentation.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20200504070304.127361-1-sandipan@linux.ibm.com/T/#u
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/numastat.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon