linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NUMA: Early use of cpu_to_node() returns 0 instead of the correct node id

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 09:41:40 +0200
From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To: Shijie Huang <shijie@...eremail.onmicrosoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] NUMA: Early use of cpu_to_node() returns 0 instead of
 the correct node id

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 04:50:53PM +0800, Shijie Huang wrote:
> 
> 在 2024/1/19 16:42, Mike Rapoport 写道:
> > Is there a fundamental reason to have early_cpu_to_node() at all?
> 
> The early_cpu_to_node does not work on some ARCHs (which support the NUMA),
> such as  SPARC, MIPS and S390.

My question was why we need early_cpu_to_node() at all and why can't we use
cpu_to_node() early on arches that do have it.
 
> Thanks
> 
> Huang Shijie
> 
> > It seems that all the mappings are known by the end of setup_arch() and the
> > initialization of numa_node can be moved earlier.
> > > > I would also initialize the numa_node with NUMA_NO_NODE at declaration,
> > > > so that if someone calls cpu_to_node() before the variable is properly
> > > > initialized at runtime, he'll get NO_NODE, which is obviously an error.
> > > Even we set the numa_node with NUMA_NO_NODE, it does not always produce
> > > error.
> > > 
> > > Please see the alloc_pages_node().
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > Huang Shijie
> > > 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.