linux-kernel - Re: [-mm PATCH] register_memory/unregister

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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:05:36 -0800
From:	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, haveblue@...ibm.com,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [-mm PATCH] register_memory/unregister_memory clean ups

On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 09:54 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:23:18AM -0800, Badari Pulavarty wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> > 
> > While testing hotplug memory remove against -mm, I noticed
> > that unregister_memory() is not cleaning up /sysfs entries
> > correctly. It also de-references structures after destroying
> > them (luckily in the code which never gets used). So, I cleaned
> > up the code and fixed the extra reference issue.
> > 
> > Could you please include it in -mm ?
> 
> Want me to add this to my tree and send it in my next update for the
> driver core to Linus?
> 
> I'll be glad to do that.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Please do. Only reason I wanted to push through -mm is, I didn't
test this with mainline (since I have patches in -mm for hotplug 
memory remove).

Thanks,
Badari

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