linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/21] x86, acpi, numa, mem-hotplug: Introduce MEMBLK_HOTPLUGGABLE to reserve hotpluggable memory.

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Message-ID: <20130723191904.GK21100@mtj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:19:04 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/21] x86, acpi, numa, mem-hotplug: Introduce
 MEMBLK_HOTPLUGGABLE to reserve hotpluggable memory.

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 03:59:16PM +0800, Tang Chen wrote:
>  /* Definition of memblock flags. */
>  #define MEMBLK_FLAGS_DEFAULT	0x0	/* default flag */
> +#define MEMBLK_HOTPLUGGABLE	0x1	/* hotpluggable region */

Given that all existing APIs are using "memblock", wouldn't it be
better to use "MEMBLOCK_" prefix?  If it's too long, we can just do
MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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