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RE: [PATCH v3 03/17] xen/arm: implement node distance helpers for Arm


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Henry Wang <Henry.Wang@xxxxxxx>
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  • Thread-topic: [PATCH v3 03/17] xen/arm: implement node distance helpers for Arm

Hi Jan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/17] xen/arm: implement node distance helpers for
> Arm
> 
> > Thanks for the explanation! I think I now understand :) Would this diff
> below
> > look good to you then? Appreciate your patience.
> 
> Looks largely okay, but possibly one part can now be omitted (see below).
> 
> > unsigned char __node_distance(nodeid_t from, nodeid_t to)
> >  {
> > -    /* When NUMA is off, any distance will be treated as remote. */
> > +    if ( from == to )
> > +        return NUMA_LOCAL_DISTANCE;
> > +
> > +    /* When NUMA is off, any distance will be treated as unreachable 
> > (0xFF).
> */
> 
> Please avoid mentioning the actual value of 0xFF: This serves no real
> purpose (afaict) and is liable to go stale at some point.

Good point, I will drop the 0xFF.

> 
> >      if ( numa_disabled() )
> > -        return NUMA_REMOTE_DISTANCE;
> > +        return NUMA_NO_DISTANCE;
> 
> With the code below this is now only an optimization. Might be worth
> saying so in the comment (assuming having this optimization is deemed
> worth it).

Sounds good, if you think below comment makes sense to you, I will add:
"When NUMA is disabled, the node distance should always be
NUMA_NO_DISTANCE, directly return here as an optimization."

Kind regards,
Henry

> 
> Jan


 


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