linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] mm, hotplug: get rid of auto_online

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Message-ID: <20170310220020.GH6346@olila.local.net-space.pl>
Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2017 23:00:20 +0100
From:   Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, qiuxishi@...wei.com,
        toshi.kani@....com, xieyisheng1@...wei.com, slaoub@...il.com,
        iamjoonsoo.kim@....com, vbabka@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] mm, hotplug: get rid of auto_online_blocks

Hey,

On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 03:54:17PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:

[...]

> So let's discuss the current memory hotplug shortcomings and get rid of
> the crud which developed on top. I will start by splitting up the patch
> into 3 parts. Do the auto online thing from the HyperV and xen balloning
> drivers and dropping the config option and finally drop the sysfs knob.
> The last patch might be NAKed and I can live with that as long as the
> reasoning is proper and there is a general consensus on that.

If it is not too late please CC me on the patches and relevant threads.

Daniel