On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:27:08 +0000 "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 08:00:19AM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 10:58:46AM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 11/7/23 20:30, Russell King (Oracle) wrote: > > > > From: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > NUMA systems require the node descriptions to be ready before CPUs are > > > > registered. This is so that the node symlinks can be created in sysfs. > > > > > > > > Currently no NUMA platform uses GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES, meaning that CPUs > > > > are registered by arch code, instead of cpu_dev_init(). > > > > > > > > Move cpu_dev_init() after node_dev_init() so that NUMA architectures > > > > can use GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx> > > > > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > > > Note: Jonathan's comment still needs addressing - see > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230914121612.00006ac7@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > --- > > > > drivers/base/init.c | 2 +- > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > > > > > With Jonathan's comments addressed: > > > > That needs James' input, which is why I made the note on the patch. > > I'm going to be posting the series without RFC soon, and it will be > with Jonathan's comment unaddressed - because as I've said several > times it needs James' input and we have sadly not yet received that. > > Short of waiting until James can respond, I don't think there are > any other alternatives. In the interests of expediency I'm fine with that. (To be honest I'd forgotten I even made that comment ;) Jonathan > > I do hope we can get this queued up for v6.8 though. >
