linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: replace memmap_context by meminit

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Date:   Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:33:25 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>, mhocko@...e.com,
        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, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: replace memmap_context by meminit_context

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 03:26:24PM +0200, Laurent Dufour wrote:
> The memmap_context enum is used to detect whether a memory operation is due
> to a hot-add operation or happening at boot time.
> 
> Make it general to the hotplug operation and rename it as meminit_context.
> 
> There is no functional change introduced by this patch
> 
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/ia64/mm/init.c    |  6 +++---
>  include/linux/mm.h     |  2 +-
>  include/linux/mmzone.h | 11 ++++++++---
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c    |  2 +-
>  mm/page_alloc.c        | 10 +++++-----
>  5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>