linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v5 6/7] acpi_memhotplug.c: bind the memory device when the driver is being loaded

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1211151540020.27188@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:40:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>, Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch v5 6/7] acpi_memhotplug.c: bind the memory device when
 the driver is being loaded

On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Wen Congyang wrote:

> We had introduced acpi_hotmem_initialized to avoid strange add_memory fail
> message.  But the memory device may not be used by the kernel, and the
> device should be bound when the driver is being loaded.  Remove
> acpi_hotmem_initialized to allow that the device can be bound when the
> driver is being loaded.
> 
> CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> CC: Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>
> CC: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> CC: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> CC: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>
> CC: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
> CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
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