Re: [PATCH] numa: Change get_mempolicy() to use nr_node_ids instead of MAX_NUMNODES

On 2/28/19 8:11 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:

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Secondly, 4fb8e5b89bcbbb ("include/linux/nodemask.h: use nr_node_ids
(not MAX_NUMNODES) in __nodemask_pr_numnodes()") introduced a

There's no such commit, that sha was probably from linux-next. The patch is
still in mmotm [1]. Luckily, I would say. Maybe Linus or some automation could
run some script to check for bogus Fixes tags before accepting patches?

Ah, that's a relief.

How about we just drop "include/linux/nodemask.h: use nr_node_ids (not
MAX_NUMNODES) in __nodemask_pr_numnodes()"
(https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/include-linux-nodemaskh-use-nr_node_ids-not-max_numnodes-in-__nodemask_pr_numnodes.patch)?
It's just a cosmetic thing, really.

Yeah the risk of breaking something is not worth it, IMHO.