Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:27:06 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, greg@kroah.com,
       akpm@linux-foundation.org, jeff@garzik.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] net: use numa_node in net_devcice->dev instead of
	parent
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* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > can you check the 5/8? that will make sure every struct device get 
> > > numa_node get assigned.
> >
> > Why do we need to bother with that if the parent will have the 
> > necessary information for us here?
> 
> less code?
> 
> or some kind of usb or other bus interface. may have several level...

you mean it's a small optimization: otherwise every struct device (net 
dev, usb...) need to go back to find another pci device (parent or host 
controller) to use their numa_node.

	Ingo
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