linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: replace memmap_context by memplug

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Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:23:00 +0200
From:   Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>, mhocko@...nel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        nathanl@...ux.ibm.com, cheloha@...ux.ibm.com,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: replace memmap_context by memplug_context

Le 11/09/2020 à 16:59, David Hildenbrand a écrit :
>>   		struct page *start;
>>   		struct memmap_init_callback_data args;
>> diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> index 375515803cd8..cd2bd21d3a4d 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> @@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ struct memory_block;
>>   struct resource;
>>   struct vmem_altmap;
>>   
>> +/*
>> + * Memory plugin context, use to differentiate memory added at boot time and
> 
> "Memory plugin context" sounds weird.

Any suggestion ?

>> + * hot-plugged memory.
>> + */
>> +enum memplug_context {
>> +	MEMPLUG_EARLY,
>> +	MEMPLUG_HOTPLUG,
>> +};
> 
> Not fully sure this is the right place, though. memory_hotplug.h is
> about MEMPLUG_HOTPLUG only ... I'd leave it at the old spot.

Fair enough.