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SubjectRe: [RFC, 3/7] NUMA hotplug emulator
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:01:35AM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 09:45:35AM +0800, Zheng, Shaohui wrote:
> > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 09:55:11AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 07:48:35PM +0800, Shaohui Zheng wrote:
> > > > Userland interface to hotplug-add fake offlined nodes.
> > >
> > > Why include 2 copies of the patch in one email?
> > I always try to attach the patch as attachment, it is the same with the mail
> > content, I guess it should take convenience when you need to save the patch
> > to local, it might be a bad habbit, I will be careful when I send patch next time.
> > thanks for the reminding.
>
> Shaohui, git/quilt are great tools for submitting patch series.
Thanks fengguang, I am the new fish in LKML, so I send the patches manually one by
one, I will try this tool next time.

>
> > >
> > > > Add a sysfs entry "probe" under /sys/devices/system/node/:
> > > >
> > > > - to show all fake offlined nodes:
> > > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/node/probe
> > > >
> > > > - to hotadd a fake offlined node, e.g. nodeid is N:
> > > > $ echo N > /sys/devices/system/node/probe
> > >
> > > As you are trying to add a new sysfs file, please create the matching
> > > Documentation/ABI/ file as well.
> >
> > Agree, We will document it in.
> >
> > >
> > > Also note that sysfs files are "one value per file", which I don't think
> > > this file follows, right?
> >
> > Agree, the cpu/probe interface should write only, and we should create another
> > file to indicate the hidden nodes, such as cpu/hidden. We will follow this rule
> > when we send the formal patch.
>
> I'd prefer to avoid new interfaces if not absolutely necessary.
>
> Thanks,
> Fengguang

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Thanks & Regards,
Shaohui



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