linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] memory hotplug/s390: set phys

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Date:	Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:22:11 +0100
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] memory hotplug/s390: set phys_device

On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 12:37:48PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:20:52 +0100
> Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
> > 
> > Implement arch specific arch_get_memory_phys_device function and initialize
> > phys_device for each memory section. That way we finally can tell which
> > piece of memory belongs to which physical device.
> > 
> > --- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cmd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_cmd.c
> > @@ -704,6 +704,13 @@ int sclp_chp_deconfigure(struct chp_id c
> >  	return do_chp_configure(SCLP_CMDW_DECONFIGURE_CHPATH | chpid.id << 8);
> >  }
> >  
> > +int arch_get_memory_phys_device(unsigned long start_pfn)
> > +{
> > +	if (!rzm)
> > +		return 0;
> > +	return PFN_PHYS(start_pfn) / rzm;
> > +}
> > +
> >  struct chp_info_sccb {
> >  	struct sccb_header header;
> >  	u8 recognized[SCLP_CHP_INFO_MASK_SIZE];
> 
> What is the utility of this patch?  It makes s390's
> /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/phys_device display the correct
> thing?

Yes, exactly.
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