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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/hotplug, x86: Disable ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE by default
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On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 10:48 +0900, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
> (2013/07/18 8:51), Toshi Kani wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 19:33 -0400, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com> wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 19:22 -0400, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com> wrote:
> >>>>> CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE enables /sys/devices/system/memory/probe
> >>>>> interface, which allows a given memory address to be hot-added as
> >>>>> follows. (See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt for more detail.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> # echo start_address_of_new_memory > /sys/devices/system/memory/probe
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This probe interface is required on powerpc. On x86, however, ACPI
> >>>>> notifies a memory hotplug event to the kernel, which performs its
> >>>>> hotplug operation as the result. Therefore, users should not be
> >>>>> required to use this interface on x86. This probe interface is also
> >>>>> error-prone that the kernel blindly adds a given memory address
> >>>>> without checking if the memory is present on the system; no probing
> >>>>> is done despite of its name. The kernel crashes when a user requests
> >>>>> to online a memory block that is not present on the system.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This patch disables CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE by default on x86,
> >>>>> and clarifies it in Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt.
> >>>>
> >>>> Why don't you completely remove it? Who should use this strange interface?
> >>>
> >>> According to the comment below, this probe interface is used on powerpc.
> >>> So, we cannot remove it, but to disable it on x86.
> >>
> >> I meant x86. Why can't we completely remove ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE section
> >> from x86 Kconfig?
> >
> > Oh, I see what you meant. I do not expect any need for end-users, but I
> > was not sure if someone working on the memory hotplug development might
> > use it for fake hot-add testing. Yes, if you folks do not see any need,
> > I will remove it from x86 Kconfig.
>
> I do not think the interface is necessary. So I vote to Kosaki's opinion.

Thanks for the confirmation!
-Toshi


>
> Thanks,
> Yasuaki Ishimatsu
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Toshi
> >
>
>




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