Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] powerpc/numa: Set numa_node for all possible cpus

From: Gautham R Shenoy
Date: Wed Jun 24 2020 - 05:49:10 EST


On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 02:58:44PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> A Powerpc system with multiple possible nodes and with CONFIG_NUMA
> enabled always used to have a node 0, even if node 0 does not any cpus
> or memory attached to it. As per PAPR, node affinity of a cpu is only
> available once its present / online. For all cpus that are possible but
> not present, cpu_to_node() would point to node 0.
>
> To ensure a cpuless, memoryless dummy node is not online, powerpc need
> to make sure all possible but not present cpu_to_node are set to a
> proper node.
>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christopher Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks and Regards
gautham.