linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] mm, memory_hotplug: drop CONFIG_MOVABLE

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Date:   Wed, 24 May 2017 16:51:37 -0500
From:   Reza Arbab <arbab@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Yasuaki Ishimatsu <yasu.isimatu@...il.com>,
        qiuxishi@...wei.com, Kani Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@....com>,
        slaoub@...il.com, Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>,
        Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] mm, memory_hotplug: drop CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 02:24:11PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
>20b2f52b73fe ("numa: add CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE for movable-dedicated
>node") has introduced CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE without a good explanation on
>why it is actually useful. It makes a lot of sense to make movable node
>semantic opt in but we already have that because the feature has to be
>explicitly enabled on the kernel command line. A config option on top
>only makes the configuration space larger without a good reason. It also
>adds an additional ifdefery that pollutes the code. Just drop the config
>option and make it de-facto always enabled. This shouldn't introduce any
>change to the semantic.

Acked-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

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Reza Arbab