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Date:	Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:35:34 +0900
From:	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
CC:	<rjw@...k.pl>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<tangchen@...fujitsu.com>, <wency@...fujitsu.com>,
	<laijs@...fujitsu.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI,acpi_memhotplug: Remove acpi_memory_info->failed
 bit

Hi Toshi,

2013/03/22 9:29, Toshi Kani wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 13:39 +0900, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
>> acpi_memory_info has enabled bit and failed bit for controlling memory
>> hotplug. But we don't need to keep both bits.
>>
>> The patch removes acpi_memory_info->failed bit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: yasuaki ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>
>> v2 : Changed a based kernel from linux-3.9-rc2 to linux-pm.git/bleeding-edge.
>>
>> ---
>>    drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c |   13 +------------
>>    1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
>> index ea78988..597cd65 100644
>> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
>> @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ struct acpi_memory_info {
>>    	unsigned short caching;	/* memory cache attribute */
>>    	unsigned short write_protect;	/* memory read/write attribute */
>>    	unsigned int enabled:1;
>> -	unsigned int failed:1;
>>    };
>>
>>    struct acpi_memory_device {
>> @@ -201,10 +200,8 @@ static int acpi_memory_enable_device(struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device)
>>    		 * returns -EEXIST. If add_memory() returns the other error, it
>>    		 * means that this memory block is not used by the kernel.
>>    		 */
>> -		if (result && result != -EEXIST) {
>> -			info->failed = 1;
>> +		if (result && result != -EEXIST)
>>    			continue;
>> -		}
>>
>>    		info->enabled = 1;
>>
>> @@ -238,15 +235,7 @@ static int acpi_memory_remove_memory(struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device)
>>    	nid = acpi_get_node(mem_device->device->handle);
>>
>>    	list_for_each_entry_safe(info, n, &mem_device->res_list, list) {
>> -		if (info->failed)
>> -			/* The kernel does not use this memory block */
>> -			continue;
>> -
>>    		if (!info->enabled)
>> -			/*
>> -			 * The kernel uses this memory block, but it may be not
>> -			 * managed by us.
>> -			 */
>>    			return -EBUSY;
>
> Shouldn't this case (!info->enabled) continue since it is the same as
> info->failed before?  -EBUSY was previously used for the -EEXIST case,
> which is no longer a failure case with this patchset.

You are right. It is my mitake. We need to continue to hot remove memory.
I'll update soon.

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu

>
> Thanks,
> -Toshi
>
>
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