[RFC PATCH v2 04/35] drivers: base: Move cpu_dev_init() after node_dev_init()

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 04:37:52PM +0000, James Morse wrote:
> 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>

I think this patch should be merged sooner rather than later so that
it gets a longer time to be tested, as moving the order that things
happen in init/main.c can be problematical.

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>

Thanks!

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