Re: [PATCH v3 19/26] mm/numa: Register node data information into meminspect

From: Lorenzo Stoakes

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 04:05:22 EST


On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 11:01:58AM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> Register dynamic information into meminspect for debugging:
> - dynamic node data for each node
>
> Use meminspect_register_pa() to collect node data into meminspect.

This commit message is a total mess, this feels like internal development stuff
not something you're trying to get upstreamed in core.

>
> Co-developed-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <mukesh.ojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/numa.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/numa.c b/mm/numa.c
> index 7d5e06fe5bd4..f04740dfb2cb 100644
> --- a/mm/numa.c
> +++ b/mm/numa.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> #include <linux/printk.h>
> #include <linux/numa.h>
> #include <linux/numa_memblks.h>
> +#include <linux/meminspect.h>
>
> struct pglist_data *node_data[MAX_NUMNODES];
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(node_data);
> @@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ void __init alloc_node_data(int nid)
> if (!nd_pa)
> panic("Cannot allocate %zu bytes for node %d data\n",
> nd_size, nid);
> + meminspect_lock_register_pa(nd_pa, nd_size);

Not keyed on node ID, just exposing the physical address assigned to a node to
all drivers.

Nope to this.

>
> /* report and initialize */
> pr_info("NODE_DATA(%d) allocated [mem %#010Lx-%#010Lx]\n", nid,
>
> --
> 2.53.0
>