linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Do not touch pages in remove

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Date:   Tue, 7 Aug 2018 16:20:37 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...hadventures.net>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mhocko@...e.com,
        dan.j.williams@...el.com, pasha.tatashin@...cle.com,
        jglisse@...hat.com, yasu.isimatu@...il.com, logang@...tatee.com,
        dave.jiang@...el.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Do not touch pages in remove_memory path

On 07.08.2018 16:19, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 04:16:35PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 07.08.2018 15:37, osalvador@...hadventures.net wrote:
>>> From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
>>>
>>> This tries to fix [1], which was reported by David Hildenbrand, and also
>>> does some cleanups/refactoring.
>>>
>>> I am sending this as RFC to see if the direction I am going is right before
>>> spending more time into it.
>>> And also to gather feedback about hmm/zone_device stuff.
>>> The code compiles and I tested it successfully with normal memory-hotplug operations.
>>>
>>
>> Please coordinate next time with people already working on this,
>> otherwise you might end up wasting other people's time.
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> Sorry, if you are already working on this, I step back immediately.
> I will wait for your work.

No, please keep going, you are way ahead of me ;)

(I was got stuck at ZONE_DEVICE so far)

> 
> thanks
> 


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb