linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] memblock:fix validation of NUMA coverage

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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:28:11 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>, Narasimhan V <Narasimhan.V@....com>, 
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] memblock:fix validation of NUMA coverage

On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 at 01:20, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> A single constant is likely to backfire because I remember seeing checks
> like 'if (nid < 0)' so redefining NUMA_NO_NODE will require auditing all
> those.

Yeah, fair enough.

> But a helper function works great.

Thanks, that patch looks like a nice improvement to me.

                Linus