Re: [PATCH] Register sysfs file for hotpluged new node take 2.

From: Yasunori Goto
Date: Sat May 20 2006 - 08:40:10 EST


> On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 14:50 +0900, Yasunori Goto wrote:
> > + if (new_pgdat) {
> > + ret = register_one_node(nid);
> > + /*
> > + * If sysfs file of new node can't create, cpu on the node
> > + * can't be hot-added. There is no rollback way now.
> > + * So, check by BUG_ON() to catch it reluctantly..
> > + */
> > + BUG_ON(ret);
> > + }
>
> How about we register the node in sysfs _before_ it is
> set_node_online()'d? Effectively an empty node with no memory and no
> CPUs. It might be a wee bit confusing to any user tools watching the
> NUMA sysfs stuff, but I think it beats a BUG().

Hmmm. I'm not sure what will happen when sysfs file is accessed by user
at this time. I think this issue should be going to be solved when
__remove_memory() and pgdat offline will be created.

Thanks for your comment.

--
Yasunori Goto


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