Re: [PATCH RFC 3/5] powerpc:numa create 1:1 mappaing between chipid and nid

[Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 09/28/2015 11:05 PM, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> On 27.09.2015 [23:59:11 +0530], Raghavendra K T wrote:
>> Once we have made the distinction between nid and chipid
>> create a 1:1 mapping between them. This makes compacting the
>> nids easy later.
>>
>> No functionality change.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>>   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
>> index f84ed2f..dd2073b 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
>> @@ -264,6 +264,17 @@ out:
>>   	return chipid;
>>   }
>>
>> +
>> + /* Return the nid from associativity */
>> +static int associativity_to_nid(const __be32 *associativity)
>> +{
>> +	int nid;
>> +
>> +	nid = associativity_to_chipid(associativity);
>> +	return nid;
>> +}
>
> This is ultimately confusing. You are assigning the semantic return
> value of a chipid to a nid -- is it a nid or a chipid? Shouldn't the
> variable naming be consistent?
>

:( yes. will come up with some consistent naming.