Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation, dt, numa: Add note to empty NUMA node

[Randy Dunlap]

On 6/24/21 9:30 PM, Gavin Shan wrote:
> The empty NUMA nodes, where no memory resides in, are allowed. For
> these empty NUMA nodes, the 'len' of 'reg' property is zero. These
> empty NUMA node IDs are still valid and parsed. I finds difficulty
> to get where it's properly documented.
> 
> So lets add note to empty NUMA nodes in the NUMA binding doc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/numa.txt | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/numa.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/numa.txt
> index 21b35053ca5a..edf728cff155 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/numa.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/numa.txt
> @@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ Example:
>  Dual socket system consists of 2 boards connected through ccn bus and
>  each board having one socket/soc of 8 cpus, memory and pci bus.
>  
> +Note that the empty NUMA nodes, which no memory resides in, are allowed.

I would write that without "the":

+Note that empty NUMA nodes, which no memory resides in, are allowed.

BTW, AFAIK, NUMA nodes may contain memory, CPU(s), or I/O -- any one, two, or
three, without the other types of resources being present.


> +Their NUMA node IDs are still valid so that memory can be added into these
> +NUMA nodes through hotplug afterwards.
> +
>  	memory@c00000 {
>  		device_type = "memory";
>  		reg = <0x0 0xc00000 0x0 0x80000000>;


OT: is your system clock off by a couple of hours?
Your emails seem to be from in the future.

Thanks.