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From:   Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@Huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 10/22] drivers: base: Move cpu_dev_init() after
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:55:36 +0000
Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@Huawei.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:27:08 +0000
> "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 08:00:19AM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:  
> > > 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@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@arm.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@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.    
> > 
> > I'm going to be posting the series without RFC soon, and it will be
> > with Jonathan's comment unaddressed - because as I've said several
> > times it needs James' input and we have sadly not yet received that.
> > 
> > Short of waiting until James can respond, I don't think there are
> > any other alternatives.  
> 
> In the interests of expediency I'm fine with that.  (To be honest I'd
> forgotten I even made that comment ;)
>
 
Given what I was looking for was a 'nice to have' extra bit of info in the
patch description and I'm fine with the actual change even without that:

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>

> Jonathan
> 
> > 
> > I do hope we can get this queued up for v6.8 though.
*fingers crossed* !
> >   
> 
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