linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 4/5] mm/memory_hotplug: onlining pages can only fail due to notifiers

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Date:   Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:06:27 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>,
        Kemi Wang <kemi.wang@...el.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Jia He <jia.he@...-semitech.com>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@...e.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>,
        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>,
        Ross Zwisler <zwisler@...nel.org>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 4/5] mm/memory_hotplug: onlining pages can only fail due to notifiers

Onlining pages can only fail if a notifier reported a problem (e.g. -ENOMEM).
online_pages_range() can never fail.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
---
 mm/memory_hotplug.c | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 3dc6d2a309c2..bbbd16f9d877 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -933,13 +933,8 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ
 		setup_zone_pageset(zone);
 	}
 
-	ret = walk_system_ram_range(pfn, nr_pages, &onlined_pages,
-		online_pages_range);
-	if (ret) {
-		if (need_zonelists_rebuild)
-			zone_pcp_reset(zone);
-		goto failed_addition;
-	}
+	walk_system_ram_range(pfn, nr_pages, &onlined_pages,
+			      online_pages_range);
 
 	zone->present_pages += onlined_pages;
 
-- 
2.17.1