Re: [RFC, 6/7] NUMA hotplug emulator

From: Shaohui Zheng
Date: Sun May 23 2010 - 21:53:29 EST


On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 03:41:04PM +0530, Ankita Garg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 08:00:16PM +0800, Shaohui Zheng wrote:
> > hotplug emulator:extend memory probe interface to support NUMA
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shaohui Zheng <shaohui.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Haicheng Li <haicheng.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > index 54ccb0d..787024f 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > @@ -1239,6 +1239,17 @@ config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
> > is for cpu hot-add/hot-remove to specified node in software method.
> > This is for debuging and testing purpose
> >
> > +config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
>
> The above symbol exists already...
Yes, we create CONFIG_NUMA_HOTPLUG_EMU, CONFIG_NODE_HOTPLUG_EMU and CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE options,
and move CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE together with the above 3 options.


>
> > + def_bool y
> > + bool "Memory hotplug emulation"
> > + depends on NUMA_HOTPLUG_EMU
> > + ---help---
> > + Enable memory hotplug emulation. Reserve memory with grub parameter
> > + "mem=N"(such as mem=1024M), where N is the initial memory size, the
> > + rest physical memory will be removed from e820 table; the memory probe
> > + interface is for memory hot-add to specified node in software method.
> > + This is for debuging and testing purpose
> > +
> > config NODES_SHIFT
> > int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP
> > range 1 10
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ankita Garg (ankita@xxxxxxxxxx)
> Linux Technology Center
> IBM India Systems & Technology Labs,
> Bangalore, India

--
Thanks & Regards,
Shaohui

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