Re: [PATCH v2] NUMA x86: add constraints check for nid parameters

[Ingo Molnar]

* Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Petr Holasek <pholasek@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > This patch adds constraints checks for numa_set_distance()
> > function. It emits warning when pxms are used uninitialized
> > when parsing the SRAT.
> 
> Can you expand on the motivation for this please?
> Is this to catch buggy code or to catch buggy SRATs?

Both.

> If the later are they actually out there?

Not that i know of - they would likely not boot Linux very well 
today.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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