linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3][BUGFIX] memory hotplug: fix notifier's return value check

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Date:	Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:34:31 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, fengguang.wu@...el.com,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, andi.kleen@...el.com,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3][BUGFIX] memory hotplug: fix notifier's return value
 check


From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

Even if notifier cannot find any pages, it doesn't mean
no pages are available...And, if there are no notifiers registered,
this condition will be always true and memory hotplug will show -EBUSY.

Clarification:This is a bug but not critical

In most case, a pageblock which will be offlined is MIGRATE_MOVABLE
This "notifier" is called only when the pageblock is _not_ MIGRATE_MOVABLE.
But if not MIGRATE_MOVABLE, it's common case that memory hotplug will fail.
So, no one notice this bug.

Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: kametest/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
--- kametest.orig/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ kametest/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5313,7 +5313,7 @@ int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page 
 	 */
 	notifier_ret = memory_isolate_notify(MEM_ISOLATE_COUNT, &arg);
 	notifier_ret = notifier_to_errno(notifier_ret);
-	if (notifier_ret || !arg.pages_found)
+	if (notifier_ret)
 		goto out;
 
 	for (iter = pfn; iter < (pfn + pageblock_nr_pages); iter++) {

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