linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm: clean up soft_offline

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Date:	Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:48:11 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: clean up soft_offline_page()

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 12:02:11AM -0500, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> Currently soft_offline_page() is hard to maintain because it has many
> return points and goto statements. All of this mess come from get_any_page().
> This function should only get page refcount as the name implies, but it does
> some page isolating actions like SetPageHWPoison() and dequeuing hugepage.
> This patch corrects it and introduces some internal subroutines to make
> soft offlining code more readable and maintainable.
> 
> ChangeLog v2:
>   - receive returned value from __soft_offline_page and soft_offline_huge_page
>   - place __soft_offline_page after soft_offline_page to reduce the diff
>   - rebased onto mmotm-2013-01-23-17-04
>   - add comment on double checks of PageHWpoison

Ok for me if it passes mce-test

Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>

-Andi
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