2022-05-01 22:08:50

by David Hildenbrand

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] hugetlb: Fix wrong use of nr_online_nodes

On 16.04.22 12:35, Peng Liu wrote:
> Certain systems are designed to have sparse/discontiguous nodes. In
> this case, nr_online_nodes can not be used to walk through numa node.
> Also, a valid node may be greater than nr_online_nodes.
>
> However, in hugetlb, it is assumed that nodes are contiguous. Recheck
> all the places that use nr_online_nodes, and repair them one by one.
>
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
> Fixes: 4178158ef8ca ("hugetlbfs: fix issue of preallocation of gigantic pages can't work")
> Fixes: b5389086ad7b ("hugetlbfs: extend the definition of hugepages parameter to support node allocation")
> Fixes: e79ce9832316 ("hugetlbfs: fix a truncation issue in hugepages parameter")
> Fixes: f9317f77a6e0 ("hugetlb: clean up potential spectre issue warnings")
> Signed-off-by: Peng Liu <[email protected]>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb