Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation, dt, numa: Add note to empty NUMA node

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Oct 04 2021 - 14:13:43 EST


On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:41:18 +0800, Gavin Shan wrote:
> The empty memory nodes, where no memory resides in, are allowed.
> The NUMA node IDs are still valid and parsed, but memory may be
> added to them through hotplug afterwards. Currently, QEMU fails
> to boot when multiple empty memory nodes are specified. It's
> caused by device-tree population failure and duplicated memory
> node names.
>
> The device-tree specification doesn't provide how empty NUMA
> nodes are handled. Besides, I finds difficulty to get where
> this case is documented. So lets add a section for empty memory
> nodes to cover it in NUMA binding document.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/numa.txt | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Applied, thanks!