linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] mm/memory_hotplug: skip adjust_managed_page_count() for PageOffline() pages when offlining

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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 06:29:13 +0200
From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] mm/memory_hotplug: skip
 adjust_managed_page_count() for PageOffline() pages when offlining

On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 11:09:38AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> We currently have a hack for virtio-mem in place to handle memory
> offlining with PageOffline pages for which we already adjusted the
> managed page count.
> 
> Let's enlighten memory offlining code so we can get rid of that hack,
> and document the situation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>

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Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs