linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/12] memory-hogplug : check memory offline in offline

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:01:02 +0900
From:	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.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 2/12] memory-hogplug : check memory offline in offline_pages

Hi David,

2012/06/27 15:16, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2012, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
>
>> Index: linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c	2012-06-26 13:28:16.743211538 +0900
>> +++ linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c	2012-06-26 13:48:38.264940468 +0900
>> @@ -887,6 +887,11 @@ static int __ref offline_pages(unsigned
>>
>>   	lock_memory_hotplug();
>>
>> +	if (memory_is_offline(start_pfn, end_pfn)) {
>> +		ret = 0;
>> +		goto out;
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
>>   	node = zone_to_nid(zone);
>>   	nr_pages = end_pfn - start_pfn;
>
> Are there additional prerequisites for this patch?  Otherwise it changes
> the return value of offline_memory() which will now call
> acpi_memory_powerdown_device() in the acpi memhotplug case when disabling.
> Is that a problem?

I have understood there is a person who expects "offline_pages()" to fail
in this case by kosaki's comment. So I'll move memory_is_offline to caller
side.

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu

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