Re: [PATCH] memory tier, sysfs: rename attribute "nodes" to "nodelist"

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Oct 20 2022 - 21:47:48 EST


On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:51:22 +0800 Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In sysfs, we use attribute name "cpumap" or "cpus" for cpu mask and
> "cpulist" or "cpus_list" for cpu list. For example, in my system,
>
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/node/node0/cpumap
> f,ffffffff
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/topology/core_cpus
> 0,00100004
> $ cat cat /sys/devices/system/node/node0/cpulist
> 0-35
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/topology/core_cpus_list
> 2,20
>
> It looks reasonable to use "nodemap" for node mask and "nodelist" for
> node list. So, rename the attribute to follow the naming convention.

I'll add

Fixes: 9832fb87834e2b ("mm/demotion: expose memory tier details via sysfs")

to this to reduce the risk that someone will backport 9832fb87834e2b
but will miss this alteration.