linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/12] memory-hotplug : rename remove_memory to offline

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1206262309301.32567@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:10:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>
cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	len.brown@...el.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	cl@...ux.com, minchan.kim@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, wency@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/12] memory-hotplug : rename remove_memory to
 offline_memory

On Wed, 27 Jun 2012, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:

> remove_memory() does not remove memory but just offlines memory. The patch
> changes name of it to offline_memory().
> 

The kernel is never going to physically remove the memory itself, so I 
don't see the big problem with calling it remove_memory().  If you're 
going to change it to offline_memory(), which is just as good but not 
better, then I'd suggest changing add_memory() to online_memory() for 
completeness.
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