linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/memory_hotplug: prevent accessing by index=-1

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 19:58:12 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.com>
Cc: Anastasia Belova <abelova@...ralinux.ru>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/memory_hotplug: prevent accessing by index=-1

On 03.06.24 19:53, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 06:07:39PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> pgdat is never dereferenced when "nid == NUMA_NO_NODE".
> 
> Right.
> 
>> NODE_DATA is defined as
>>
>> arch/arm64/include/asm/mmzone.h:#define NODE_DATA(nid)          (node_data[(nid)])
>> arch/loongarch/include/asm/mmzone.h:#define NODE_DATA(nid)      (node_data[(nid)])
>> arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip27/mmzone.h:#define NODE_DATA(n)           (&__node_data[(n)]->pglist)
> 
> All look fine, but mips.

$ git grep MEMORY_HOTPLUG | grep mips | wc -l
0

I think it owuld be problematic, if mips would support memory hotplug.

Or am I missing something?

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb