Re: [PATCH -V6 RESEND 2/3] NOT kernel/man-pages: man2/set_mempolicy.2: Add mode flag MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING

From: Alejandro Colomar (mailing lists; readonly)
Date: Fri Dec 18 2020 - 05:22:06 EST


Hi Huang, Ying,

Sorry I forgot to answer.
See below.

BTW, Linux 5.10 has been released recently;
is this series already merged for 5.11?
If not yet, could you just write '5.??' and we'll fix it (and add a
commit number in a comment) when we know the definitive version?

Thanks,

Alex

On 12/8/20 9:13 AM, Huang, Ying wrote:
> Hi, Alex,
>
> Sorry for late, I just notice this email today.
>
> "Alejandro Colomar (mailing lists; readonly)"
> <alx.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Hi Huang Ying,
>>
>> Please see a few fixes below.
>>
>> Michael, as always, some question for you too ;)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On 12/2/20 9:42 AM, Huang Ying wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> man2/set_mempolicy.2 | 9 +++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/man2/set_mempolicy.2 b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
>>> index 68011eecb..3754b3e12 100644
>>> --- a/man2/set_mempolicy.2
>>> +++ b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
>>> @@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ A nonempty
>>> .I nodemask
>>> specifies node IDs that are relative to the set of
>>> node IDs allowed by the process's current cpuset.
>>> +.TP
>>> +.BR MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING " (since Linux 5.11)"
>>
>> I'd prefer it to be in alphabetical order (rather than just adding at
>> the bottom).
>
> That's OK for me. But it's better to be done in another patch to
> distinguish contents from pure order change?

Yes, if you could do a series of 2 patches with a reordering first, it
would be great.

>
>> That way, when lists grow, it's easier to find things.
>>
>>> +Enable the Linux kernel NUMA balancing for the task if it is supported
>>> +by kernel.
>>
>> I'd s/Linux kernel/kernel/ when it doesn't specifically refer to the
>> Linux kernel to differentiate it from other kernels. It only adds noise
>> (IMHO). mtk?
>
> Sure. Will fix this and all following comments below. Thanks a lot for
> your help! I am new to man pages.

Thank you!

>
> Best Regards,
> Huang, Ying
>