linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] mm/memory_hotplug: drop intermediate __offline

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Date:   Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:08:46 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>,
        Kemi Wang <kemi.wang@...el.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Jia He <jia.he@...-semitech.com>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@...e.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>,
        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>,
        Ross Zwisler <zwisler@...nel.org>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] mm/memory_hotplug: drop intermediate
 __offline_pages

On 16.08.2018 13:44, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:06:24 +0200 David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
>>
>> -static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
>> -		  unsigned long end_pfn)
>> +/* Must be protected by mem_hotplug_begin() or a device_lock */
>> +int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
> 
> You lose the __ref marking.  Does this introduce warnings since
> offline_pages() calls (at least) zone_pcp_update() which is marked
> __meminit.
> 

Good point, I'll recompile and in case there is a warning, keep the
__ref. Thanks!

-- 

Thanks,

David / dhildenb