Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:35:41 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [Bug fix PATCH v2] numa, cpu hotplug: Change links of CPU and node when changing node number by onlining CPU |
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On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:23:23 +0900 Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> When booting x86 system contains memoryless node, node numbers of CPUs > on memoryless node were changed to nearest online node number by > init_cpu_to_node() because the node is not online. > > ... > > If we hot add memory to memoryless node and offine/online all CPUs on > the node, node numbers of these CPUs are changed to correct node numbers > by srat_detect_node() because the node become online.
OK, here's a dumb question.
At boot time the CPUs are assigned to the "nearest online node" rather than to their real memoryless node. The patch arranges for those CPUs to still be assigned to the "nearest online node" _after_ some memory is hot-added to their real node. Correct?
Would it not be better to fix this by assigning those CPUs to their real, memoryless node right at the initial boot? Or is there something in the kernel which makes cpus-on-a-memoryless-node not work correctly?
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