Re: [PATCH RFC v1] drivers/base/node: consolidate node device subsystem initialization in node_dev_init()

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On 28.01.22 16:15, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> ... and call node_dev_init() after memory_dev_init() from driver_init(),
> so before any of the existing arch/subsys calls. All online nodes should
> be known at that point.
> 
> This is in line with memory_dev_init(), which initializes the memory
> device subsystem and creates all memory block devices.
> 
> Similar to memory_dev_init(), panic() if anything goes wrong, we don't
> want to continue with such basic initialization errors.
> 
> The important part is that node_dev_init() gets called after
> memory_dev_init() and after cpu_dev_init(), but before any of the
> relevant archs call register_cpu() to register the new cpu device under
> the node device. The latter should be the case for the current users
> of topology_init().
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Albert Ou <aou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

If there are no further comments, then I'll resend as !RFC with a
slightly extended patch description, testing at least under arm64 and
ppc64 as they are relatively easy to test for me.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb




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