Re: [PATCH] mm: numa_memblks: Identify the accurate NUMA ID of CFMW

[Mike Rapoport]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 05:27:50PM +0800, Cui Chao wrote:
> In some physical memory layout designs, the address space of CFMW
> resides between multiple segments of system memory belonging to
> the same NUMA node. In numa_cleanup_meminfo, these multiple segments
> of system memory are merged into a larger numa_memblk. When
> identifying which NUMA node the CFMW belongs to, it may be incorrectly
> assigned to the NUMA node of the merged system memory. To address this

Can you please provide an example of such memory layout?

> scenario, accurately identifying the correct NUMA node can be achieved
> by checking whether the region belongs to both numa_meminfo and
> numa_reserved_meminfo.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cui Chao <cuichao1753@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/numa_memblks.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/numa_memblks.c b/mm/numa_memblks.c
> index 5b009a9cd8b4..1ef037f0e0e0 100644
> --- a/mm/numa_memblks.c
> +++ b/mm/numa_memblks.c
> @@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ int phys_to_target_node(u64 start)
>  	 * Prefer online nodes, but if reserved memory might be
>  	 * hot-added continue the search with reserved ranges.
>  	 */
> -	if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE)
> +	if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE &&
> +		meminfo_to_nid(&numa_reserved_meminfo, start) == NUMA_NO_NODE)

I'd suggest assigning the result of meminfo_to_nid(&numa_reserved_meminfo,
start) to a local variable and using that in if and return statements.

>  		return nid;
>  
>  	return meminfo_to_nid(&numa_reserved_meminfo, start);
> -- 
> 2.33.0
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.