[PATCH RFC 10/22] drivers: base: Move cpu_dev_init() after node_dev_init()

Russell King (Oracle) linux at armlinux.org.uk
Mon Nov 13 00:00:19 PST 2023


On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 10:58:46AM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/7/23 20:30, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > From: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
> > 
> > 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 no NUMA platform uses GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES, meaning that CPUs
> > are registered by arch code, instead of 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>
> > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>
> > ---
> > Note: Jonathan's comment still needs addressing - see
> >    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230914121612.00006ac7@Huawei.com
> > ---
> >   drivers/base/init.c | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> 
> With Jonathan's comments addressed:

That needs James' input, which is why I made the note on the patch.

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