Re: [RFC PATCH v2] mm/fake-numa: fix under-allocation detection in uniform split

[Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 07:25:58PM +0900, Sang-Heon Jeon wrote:
> > When split NUMA node uniformly, split_nodes_size_interleave_uniform()
> > returns the next absolute node ID, not the number of nodes created.
> >
> > The existing under-allocation detection logic compares next absolute node
> > ID (ret) and request count (n), which only works when nid starts at 0.
> >
> > For example, on a system with 2 physical NUMA nodes (node 0: 2GB, node
> > 1: 128MB) and numa=fake=8U, 8 fake nodes are successfully created from
> > node 0 and split_nodes_size_interleave_uniform() returns 8. For node 1,
> > fake node nid starts at 8, but only 4 fake nodes are created due to
> > current FAKE_NODE_MIN_SIZE being 32MB, and
> > split_nodes_size_interleave_uniform() returns 12. By existing
> > under-allocation detection logic, "ret < n" (12 < 8) is false, so the
> > under-allocation will not be detected.
> >
> > Fix under-allocation detection logic to compare the number of actually
> > created nodes (ret - nid) against the request count (n).
> >
> > Also, fix the outdated comment to match the actual return value.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>
> > Reported-by: Donghyeon Lee <asd142513@gmail.com>
> > Reported-by: Munhui Chae <mochae@student.42seoul.kr>
> > Fixes: cc9aec03e58f ("x86/numa_emulation: Introduce uniform split capability") # 4.19
> > ---
> >  mm/numa_emulation.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/numa_emulation.c b/mm/numa_emulation.c
> > index 703c8fa05048..c1d0a76aef64 100644
> > --- a/mm/numa_emulation.c
> > +++ b/mm/numa_emulation.c
> > @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static u64 uniform_size(u64 max_addr, u64 base, u64 hole, int nr_nodes)
> >   * Sets up fake nodes of `size' interleaved over physical nodes ranging from
> >   * `addr' to `max_addr'.
> >   *
> > - * Returns zero on success or negative on error.
> > + * Returns absolute node ID on success or negative on error.
> >   */
> >  static int __init split_nodes_size_interleave_uniform(struct numa_meminfo *ei,
> >                                             struct numa_meminfo *pi,
> > @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ void __init numa_emulation(struct numa_meminfo *numa_meminfo, int numa_dist_cnt)
> >                                       n, &pi.blk[0], nid);
> >                       if (ret < 0)
> >                               break;
> > -                     if (ret < n) {
> > +                     if (ret - nid < n) {
> >                               pr_info("%s: phys: %d only got %d of %ld nodes, failing\n",
> >                                               __func__, i, ret, n);
>
> The error message also should be updated, now it prints the last node ID
> rather than number of created nodes. I think it's worse creating a
> temporary variable for ret - nid to make the code clearer.

Is "worse" a typo of "worth"?

And thanks for catching. I totally agree that the error message needs
to be updated.

> I'd also recommend running qemu without and with your patch and verifying
> it works as intended.

In the next version, I'll try to include qemu based test results.

> >                               ret = -1;
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.

Best Regards,
Sang-Heon Jeon