Re: [PATCH] x86: UV BAU fix for non-consecutive nasids

[Ingo Molnar]

* Cliff Wickman <cpw@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Cliff Wickman <cpw@xxxxxxx>
> 
> This is a fix for the SGI Altix-UV Broadcast Assist Unit code, which is
> used for TLB flushing.
> 
> This patch allows nasids (numa address space id's) to be non-consecutive, as is
> the case when using nasid striding or in some certain hardware configurations.
> It also provides a table in local memory for each cpu to translate target cpu
> number to target pnode and nasid.

This changelog is missing one or more of the following essential pieces
of information:

 - what user-visible problem is the patch solving
 - how was the problem triggered, how was the bug found
 - what/how many systems are affected
 - why should maintainers apply this patch right now

Thanks,

	Ingo
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