netdev - Re: [PATCH] mm: Replace all open encodings for NUMA_NO

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Date:   Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:46:00 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jiangqi903@...il.com, hverkuil@...all.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Replace all open encodings for NUMA_NO_NODE

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On 11/23/2018 04:06 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 23.11.18 10:54, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> At present there are multiple places where invalid node number is encoded
>> as -1. Even though implicitly understood it is always better to have macros
>> in there. Replace these open encodings for an invalid node number with the
>> global macro NUMA_NO_NODE. This helps remove NUMA related assumptions like
>> 'invalid node' from various places redirecting them to a common definition.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in V1:
>>
>> - Dropped OCFS2 changes per Joseph
>> - Dropped media/video drivers changes per Hans
>>
>> RFC - https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10678035/
>>
>> Build tested this with multiple cross compiler options like alpha, sparc,
>> arm64, x86, powerpc, powerpc64le etc with their default config which might
>> not have compiled tested all driver related changes. I will appreciate
>> folks giving this a test in their respective build environment.
>>
>> All these places for replacement were found by running the following grep
>> patterns on the entire kernel code. Please let me know if this might have
>> missed some instances. This might also have replaced some false positives.
>> I will appreciate suggestions, inputs and review.
>>
>> 1. git grep "nid == -1"
>> 2. git grep "node == -1"
>> 3. git grep "nid = -1"
>> 4. git grep "node = -1"
> 
> Hopefully you found most users :)

I hope so :)

> 
> Did you check if some are encoded into function calls? f(-1, ...)

Not really. Just wondering how do we even search for it. There might be
higher level functions passing down -1 to core MM. If you have some
instances in mind which need replacement I will accommodate them.

> 
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Thanks for the review.