linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] hotplug, memory: move register_memory_resource out of the lock_memory

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:58:07 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@....com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>,
	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>,
	Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Hedi <hedi@....com>, Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] hotplug, memory: move register_memory_resource out of the
 lock_memory_hotplug

On Tue, 14 Jan 2014, Nathan Zimmer wrote:

> We don't need to do register_memory_resource() since it has its own lock and
> doesn't make any callbacks.
> 

We need to do it, just not under lock_memory_hotplug() :).

> Also register_memory_resource return NULL on failure so we don't have anything
> to cleanup at this point.
> 
> 
> The reason for this rfc is I was doing some experiments with hotplugging of
> memory on some of our larger systems.  While it seems to work, it can be quite
> slow.  With some preliminary digging I found that lock_memory_hotplug is
> clearly ripe for breakup.
> 
> It could be broken up per nid or something but it also covers the
> online_page_callback.  The online_page_callback shouldn't be very hard to break
> out.
> 
> Also there is the issue of various structures(wmarks come to mind) that are
> only updated under the lock_memory_hotplug that would need to be dealt with.
> 
> 
> cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> cc: Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
> cc: Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>
> cc: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>
> cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> cc: Hedi <hedi@....com>
> cc: Mike Travis <travis@....com>
> cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org

Looks like you're modifying a pre-3.12 kernel version that doesn't have 
27356f54c8c3 ("mm/hotplug: verify hotplug memory range").

When your patch is signed off, feel free to add

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
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