linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/21] drivers: base: Move cpu_dev_init() after node_dev

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Message-ID: <20231130165235.00003eb4@Huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:52:35 +0000
From:   Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/21] drivers: base: Move cpu_dev_init() after
 node_dev_init()

On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:44:41 +0000
Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk> wrote:

> From: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> 
> NUMA systems require the node descriptions to be ready before CPUs are
> registered. This is so that the node symlinks can be created in sysfs.
> 
> Currently no NUMA platform uses GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES, meaning that CPUs
> are registered by arch code, instead of cpu_dev_init().
> 
> Move cpu_dev_init() after node_dev_init() so that NUMA architectures
> can use GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Another one where I gave RB late on the RFC.
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>