linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] arm64/numa: export memory_add_physaddr_to_nid as EXPORT_SYMBOL

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Message-ID: <CAPcyv4j-vs5pJhr=e3PbuydSfxiEdj_Z5TAvui+pvu28SmgiEA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Jul 2020 23:44:15 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Justin He <Justin.He@....com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        Kaly Xin <Kaly.Xin@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] arm64/numa: export memory_add_physaddr_to_nid as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL

On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 11:20 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
[..]
> > Darn, I saw ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK and had delusions of grandeur that it
> > could solve my numa api woes. At least for x86 the problem is already
> > solved with reserved numa_meminfo, but now I'm trying to write generic
> > drivers that use those apis and finding these gaps on other archs.
>
> I'm not sure if x86's numa_meminfo is a part of the solution or a part
> of the problem ;-)

More the latter, but hopefully it can remain an exception and not the rule.