Re: [PATCH 1/2] [REPOST] mm: show node to memory section relationship with symlinks in sysfs

Andrew Morton
2008-10-10T19:42:39Z

On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:21:15 -0700
Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Show node to memory section relationship with symlinks in sysfs
>
> Add /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY symlinks for all
> the memory sections located on nodeX. For example:
> /sys/devices/system/node/node1/memory135 -> ../../memory/memory135
> indicates that memory section 135 resides on node1.

I'm not seeing here a description of why the kernel needs this feature.
Why is it useful? How will it be used? What value does it have to
our users?