netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/8] sched/topology: introduce sched_numa_find_next

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Message-ID: <ZCFvvHZXT/dqjOOb@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:28:12 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] sched/topology: introduce sched_numa_find_next_cpu()

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 11:55:08AM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> The function searches for the next CPU in a given cpumask according to
> NUMA topology, so that it traverses cpus per-hop.
> 
> If the CPU is the last cpu in a given hop, sched_numa_find_next_cpu()
> switches to the next hop, and picks the first CPU from there, excluding
> those already traversed.

...

> +/*

Hmm... Is it deliberately not a kernel doc?

> + * sched_numa_find_next_cpu() - given the NUMA topology, find the next cpu
> + * cpumask: cpumask to find a cpu from
> + * cpu: current cpu
> + * node: local node
> + * hop: (in/out) indicates distance order of current CPU to a local node
> + *
> + * The function searches for next cpu at a given NUMA distance, indicated
> + * by hop, and if nothing found, tries to find CPUs at a greater distance,
> + * starting from the beginning.
> + *
> + * returns: cpu, or >= nr_cpu_ids when nothing found.
> + */

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko