[RFC PATCH 05/32] drivers: base: Move cpu_dev_init() after node_dev_init()

James Morse james.morse at arm.com
Fri Feb 3 05:50:16 PST 2023


NUMA systems require the node descriptions to be ready before CPUs are
registered. This is so that the node symlinks can be created in sysfs.

Currently none of these platforms use GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES, meaning
that CPUs aren't registered by cpu_dev_init().

Move cpu_dev_init() after node_dev_init() so that NUMA architectures
can use GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES.

Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
---
 drivers/base/init.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/init.c b/drivers/base/init.c
index 397eb9880cec..c4954835128c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/init.c
+++ b/drivers/base/init.c
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ void __init driver_init(void)
 	of_core_init();
 	platform_bus_init();
 	auxiliary_bus_init();
-	cpu_dev_init();
 	memory_dev_init();
 	node_dev_init();
+	cpu_dev_init();
 	container_dev_init();
 }
-- 
2.30.2




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