Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] memory-hotplug: add sysfs zones_online_to attribute | From | Toshi Kani <> | Date | Mon, 25 Aug 2014 07:58:29 -0600 |
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On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 15:16 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:25:36 +0800 Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com> wrote: > > > On 2014/8/16 5:37, Toshi Kani wrote: > > > On Wed, 2014-08-13 at 12:10 +0800, Zhang Zhen wrote: > > >> Currently memory-hotplug has two limits: > > >> 1. If the memory block is in ZONE_NORMAL, you can change it to > > >> ZONE_MOVABLE, but this memory block must be adjacent to ZONE_MOVABLE. > > >> 2. If the memory block is in ZONE_MOVABLE, you can change it to > > >> ZONE_NORMAL, but this memory block must be adjacent to ZONE_NORMAL. > > >> > > >> With this patch, we can easy to know a memory block can be onlined to > > >> which zone, and don't need to know the above two limits. > > >> > > >> Updated the related Documentation. > > >> > > >> Change v1 -> v2: > > >> - optimize the implementation following Dave Hansen's suggestion > > >> > > >> Signed-off-by: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com> > > >> --- > > >> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory | 8 ++++ > > >> Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt | 4 +- > > >> drivers/base/memory.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >> include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 1 + > > >> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 2 +- > > >> 5 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > >> > > >> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory > > >> index 7405de2..2b2a1d7 100644 > > >> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory > > >> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory > > >> @@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ Users: hotplug memory remove tools > > >> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/LinuxP/powerpc-utils > > >> > > >> > > >> +What: /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/zones_online_to > > > > > > I think this name is a bit confusing. How about "valid_online_types"? > > > > > Thanks for your suggestion. > > > > This patch has been added to -mm tree. > > If most people think so, i would like to modify the interface name. > > If not, let's leave it as it is. > > Yes, the name could be better. Do we actually need "online" in there? > How about "valid_zones"?
I suggested using "online" because a user specifies a zone type during an online operation as follows.
$ echo online_movable > /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/state
I also like "valid_zones" and it well represents what it is (and the name is shorter :-). I am fine with this name as well.
Thanks, -Toshi
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