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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] Show quicklist at meminfo
> quicklist_total_size() is racy against cpu hotplug.  That's OK for
> /proc/meminfo purposes (occasional transient inaccuracy?), but will it
> crash? Not in the current implementation of per_cpu() afaict, but it
> might crash if we ever teach cpu hotunplug to free up the percpu
> resources.

First, Quicklist doesn't concern to cpu hotplug at all.
it is another quicklist problem.

Next, I think it doesn't cause crash. but I haven't any test.
So, I'll test cpu hotplug/unplug testing today.

I'll report result tommorow.

> I see no cpu hotplug handling in the quicklist code. Do we leak all
> the hot-unplugged CPU's pages?

Yes.


Thanks!


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