Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/5] powerpc:numa Rename functions referring to nid as chipid

From: Raghavendra K T <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:01:01 +0530

On 09/28/2015 10:57 PM, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> On 27.09.2015 [23:59:10 +0530], Raghavendra K T wrote:
>> There is no change in the fuctionality
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <[email-masked]>
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>>   1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
>> index d5e6eee..f84ed2f 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
>> @@ -235,47 +235,47 @@ static void initialize_distance_lookup_table(int nid,
>>   	}
>>   }
>>
>> -/* Returns nid in the range [0..MAX_NUMNODES-1], or -1 if no useful numa
>> +/* Returns chipid in the range [0..MAX_NUMNODES-1], or -1 if no useful numa
>>    * info is found.
>>    */
>> -static int associativity_to_nid(const __be32 *associativity)
>> +static int associativity_to_chipid(const __be32 *associativity)
>
> This is confusing to me. This function is also used by the DLPAR code
> under PowerVM to indicate what node the CPU is on -- not a chip (which I
> don't believe is exposed at all under PowerVM).
>

Good point.

should I retain the name nid?
or any suggestions? instead of chipid -> nid which fits both the cases.
or should I rename like nid->vnid  something?
[...]
>> @@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void)
>>
>>   		/* Use associativity from first thread for all siblings */
>>   		vphn_get_associativity(cpu, associativity);
>> -		new_nid = associativity_to_nid(associativity);
>> +		new_nid = associativity_to_chipid(associativity);
>
> If you are getting a chipid, shouldn't you be assigning it to a variable
> called 'new_chipid'?

yes perhaps.
my splitting idea was
1. change nid name in functions to chipid (without changing nid
variable calling that function)
2. rename variables to chipid and assign nid=chipid (1:1 mapping)
3. now let nid = mapped chipid

But I see that it isn't consistent in some places. do you think
merging step 1 and step 2 is okay?