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SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] xen: vnuma support for PV guests running as domU.
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On gio, 2013-11-14 at 11:21 +0000, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 14/11/13 07:26, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> > IIRC, it's more something that was already happening (the breakage, I
> > mean), than a "safety net" for the unforeseeable future. Might be worth
> > giving some context about it, perhaps referencing the email thread or
> > the git commit hash in the comment.
>
> Yes, a comment like:
>
> /*
> * Set a dummy node and return success. This prevents calling any
> * hardware-specific initializers which do not work in a PV guest.
> */
>
> is better. No need to refer to any specific threads. It's pretty clear
> that any hardware-specific init isn't appropriate for a PV guest.
>
Ok.

> >> + if (rc != 0) {
> >> + for (i = 0; i < MAX_LOCAL_APIC; i++)
> >> + set_apicid_to_node(i, NUMA_NO_NODE);
> >> + nodes_clear(numa_nodes_parsed);
> >> + nodes_clear(node_possible_map);
> >> + nodes_clear(node_online_map);
> >> + node_set(0, numa_nodes_parsed);
> >> + numa_add_memblk(0, 0, PFN_PHYS(max_pfn));
> >> + }
> >> + return 0;
> >>
> > Ok, so, we always return 'success', as we were saying during last round.
> > However, we do not call dummy_numa_init() directly, and instead we do
> > all these stuff, with the last two statements being exactly what
> > dummy_numa_init() does. Reason is linking, i.e., the fact that
> > dummy_numa_init() is not exported and you can't reach it from here,
> > right?
>
> I think this bit is fine as-is.
>
Ok, cool. :-) Shouldn't we then kill or reformulate the comments where
dummy_numa_init is explicitly referenced then?

E.g., this one: /* will pass to dummy_numa_init */

It might be me, but I find it rather confusing. After seeing that, I'd
expect to see that, at some point, either the function returns failure
(which of course we don't want), or a direct call dummy_numa_init().

Dario

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Senior Software Engineer, Citrix Systems R&D Ltd., Cambridge (UK)

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