Re: [PATCH -V6 RESEND 2/3] NOT kernel/man-pages: man2/set_mempolicy.2: Add mode flag MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING

From: Huang, Ying
Date: Sun Dec 20 2020 - 20:32:31 EST


"Alejandro Colomar (mailing lists; readonly)"
<alx.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi Huang, Ying,
>
> Sorry I forgot to answer.
> See below.
>
> BTW, Linux 5.10 has been released recently;
> is this series already merged for 5.11?
> If not yet, could you just write '5.??' and we'll fix it (and add a
> commit number in a comment) when we know the definitive version?

Sure. Will replace it with 5.12. Thanks for reminding!

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying

> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
> On 12/8/20 9:13 AM, Huang, Ying wrote:
>> Hi, Alex,
>>
>> Sorry for late, I just notice this email today.
>>
>> "Alejandro Colomar (mailing lists; readonly)"
>> <alx.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Hi Huang Ying,
>>>
>>> Please see a few fixes below.
>>>
>>> Michael, as always, some question for you too ;)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On 12/2/20 9:42 AM, Huang Ying wrote:
>>>> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> man2/set_mempolicy.2 | 9 +++++++++
>>>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/man2/set_mempolicy.2 b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
>>>> index 68011eecb..3754b3e12 100644
>>>> --- a/man2/set_mempolicy.2
>>>> +++ b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
>>>> @@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ A nonempty
>>>> .I nodemask
>>>> specifies node IDs that are relative to the set of
>>>> node IDs allowed by the process's current cpuset.
>>>> +.TP
>>>> +.BR MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING " (since Linux 5.11)"
>>>
>>> I'd prefer it to be in alphabetical order (rather than just adding at
>>> the bottom).
>>
>> That's OK for me. But it's better to be done in another patch to
>> distinguish contents from pure order change?
>
> Yes, if you could do a series of 2 patches with a reordering first, it
> would be great.
>
>>
>>> That way, when lists grow, it's easier to find things.
>>>
>>>> +Enable the Linux kernel NUMA balancing for the task if it is supported
>>>> +by kernel.
>>>
>>> I'd s/Linux kernel/kernel/ when it doesn't specifically refer to the
>>> Linux kernel to differentiate it from other kernels. It only adds noise
>>> (IMHO). mtk?
>>
>> Sure. Will fix this and all following comments below. Thanks a lot for
>> your help! I am new to man pages.
>
> Thank you!
>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Huang, Ying
>>