Re: [PATCH v2] NUMA x86: add constraints check for nid parameters

[Andi Kleen]

Petr Holasek <pholasek@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This patch adds constraints checks for numa_set_distance()
> function. It emits warning when pxms are used uninitialized
> when parsing the SRAT.

Can you expand on the motivation for this please?
Is this to catch buggy code or to catch buggy SRATs?
If the later are they actually out there?

-Andi

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