Re: [PATCH V2] mm: Replace all open encodings for NUMA_NO_NODE

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Tue Nov 27 2018 - 02:57:22 EST


Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx> writes:
> At present there are multiple places where invalid node number is encoded
> as -1. Even though implicitly understood it is always better to have macros
> in there. Replace these open encodings for an invalid node number with the
> global macro NUMA_NO_NODE. This helps remove NUMA related assumptions like
> 'invalid node' from various places redirecting them to a common definition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in V2:
>
> - Added inclusion of 'numa.h' header at various places per Andrew
> - Updated 'dev_to_node' to use NUMA_NO_NODE instead per Vinod
>
> Changes in V1: (https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/23/485)
>
> - Dropped OCFS2 changes per Joseph
> - Dropped media/video drivers changes per Hans
>
> RFC - https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10678035/
>
> Build tested this with multiple cross compiler options like alpha, sparc,
> arm64, x86, powerpc, powerpc64le etc with their default config which might
> not have compiled tested all driver related changes. I will appreciate
> folks giving this a test in their respective build environment.
>
> All these places for replacement were found by running the following grep
> patterns on the entire kernel code. Please let me know if this might have
> missed some instances. This might also have replaced some false positives.
> I will appreciate suggestions, inputs and review.
>
> 1. git grep "nid == -1"
> 2. git grep "node == -1"
> 3. git grep "nid = -1"
> 4. git grep "node = -1"
>
> arch/alpha/include/asm/topology.h | 3 ++-
> arch/ia64/kernel/numa.c | 2 +-
> arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c | 6 +++---
> arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_common.c | 3 ++-
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h | 3 ++-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c | 3 ++-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c | 3 ++-
> arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c | 14 +++++++-------
> arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c | 5 +++--

These powerpc changes all look fine.

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


cheers