Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] support NUMA emulation for genertic arch

[Mike Rapoport]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 07:36:00PM +0800, Rongwei Wang wrote:
> A brief introduction
> ====================
> 
> The NUMA emulation can fake more node base on a single
> node system, e.g.

.. 
 
> Lastly, it seems not a good choice to realize x86 and other genertic
> archs separately. But it can indeed avoid some architecture related
> APIs adjustments and alleviate future maintenance.

Why is it a good choice? Copying 1k lines from x86 to a new place and
having to maintain two copies does not sound like a good choice to me.

> The previous RFC link see [1].
> 
> Any advice are welcome, Thanks!
> 
> Change log
> ==========
> 
> RFC v1 -> v1
> * add new CONFIG_NUMA_FAKE for genertic archs.
> * keep x86 implementation, realize numa emulation in driver/base/ for
>   genertic arch, e.g, arm64.
> 
> [1] RFC v1: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/cover/20231012024842.99703-1-rongwei.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Rongwei Wang (2):
>   arch_numa: remove __init for early_cpu_to_node
>   numa: introduce numa emulation for genertic arch
> 
>  drivers/base/Kconfig          |   9 +
>  drivers/base/Makefile         |   1 +
>  drivers/base/arch_numa.c      |  32 +-
>  drivers/base/numa_emulation.c | 909 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/base/numa_emulation.h |  41 ++
>  include/asm-generic/numa.h    |   2 +-
>  6 files changed, 992 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/base/numa_emulation.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/base/numa_emulation.h
> 
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> 2.32.0.3.gf3a3e56d6
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.