Re: [PATCH 2/2] numa: don't check if node is NUMA_NO_NODE

From: Wen Congyang
Date: Mon Sep 17 2012 - 21:32:29 EST


At 09/05/2012 07:11 AM, Andrew Morton Wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:12:12 +0800
> Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> If we don't debug per_cpu maps, the cpu's node is stored in per_cpu variable
>> numa_node. If node is NUMA_NO_NODE, it means the caller want to clear the
>> cpu's node. So we should also call set_cpu_numa_node() in this case.
>
> The changelog is missing important information.
>
> What is the runtime effect of the patch? In other words, please fully
> describe the runtime effects of the bug which the patch fixed.
>
> Please always provide this information. It will help others decide
> which kernel version(s) should be patched, and will help the
> maintainers of other kernel trees (especially vendor trees) to work out
> whether they should backport the fix into their kernels.

Sorry for later reply. I found this bug when I try to fix a bug by patch 1/2
(The bug is descriptioned in patch 1/2).

Thanks
Wen Congyang

>
>> --- a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
>> @@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ void __cpuinit numa_set_node(int cpu, int node)
>> #endif
>> per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_node_map, cpu) = node;
>>
>> - if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE)
>> - set_cpu_numa_node(cpu, node);
>> + set_cpu_numa_node(cpu, node);
>> }
>>
>> void __cpuinit numa_clear_node(int cpu)
>
>

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