Re: [PATCH v3 12/12] acpi, numa: reuse acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init()

[Robert Richter]

On 27.01.16 14:15:06, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> 
> On 2016/1/25 18:26, Robert Richter wrote:
> > On 23.01.16 17:39:27, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> >> From: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> After the cleanup for acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init(),
> >> it can be used for architetures both x86 and arm64, since
> >> CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG is not enabled for arm64, so no
> >> worry about that.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_numa.c | 42 -------------------------------
> >>  arch/x86/mm/srat.c            | 54 ----------------------------------------
> >>  drivers/acpi/numa.c           | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> > This one reverts acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init() to the x86 version.
> > I rather would prefer the arm64 version for the generic code. We could
> > keep the x86 implementation until x86 maintainers agree to remove them
> > and use the generic one (implemented in a separate patch).
> >
> > Doing so we can move acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init() from the
> > beginning to generic code (used for arm64) and have this last patch to
> > remove the x86 version.
> 
> I think the x86 version is the generic one, all the flags (ACPI_SRAT_MEM_HOT_PLUGGABLE and
> etc) are defined in the ACPI spec, x86 just use all the flags because it support such features.
> For ARM64, firmware should be careful and represent the true platform configuration to
> OS, such as on ARM64, we can't set hotpluggable flag as the ARM64 arch don't support
> memory hot-plug yet (also the firmware don't support it too), if firmware do things right,
> it will be not worries for the kernel.

But you are removing all arm64 from your first patches. Why do you
introduce acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init() in the beginning to remove
it in the end again? I esp. like the arm64 version because of its
direct returns. So I still would like to see generic code for arm64
from the beginning. Maybe have a copy of x86 initially and make
modifications for arm64 to it, or move missing code (hotplug, etc.)
from x86 to generic and remove x86 arch code with the last patch.

-Robert