linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] pseries: prevent free CPU ids to be reused on another node

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Message-ID: <87v94mii3z.fsf@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:54:40 -0500
From:   Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] pseries: prevent free CPU ids to be reused on
 another node

Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com> writes:
> V5:
>  - Rework code structure
>  - Reintroduce the capability to reuse other node's ids.

OK. While I preferred v4, where we would fail an add rather than allow
CPU IDs to appear to "travel" between nodes, this change is a net
improvement.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>