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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 2/12] memory-hogplug : check memory offline in offline_pages
Hi David,

2012/06/27 15:16, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2012, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
>
>> Index: linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-06-26 13:28:16.743211538 +0900
>> +++ linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-06-26 13:48:38.264940468 +0900
>> @@ -887,6 +887,11 @@ static int __ref offline_pages(unsigned
>>
>> lock_memory_hotplug();
>>
>> + if (memory_is_offline(start_pfn, end_pfn)) {
>> + ret = 0;
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
>> node = zone_to_nid(zone);
>> nr_pages = end_pfn - start_pfn;
>
> Are there additional prerequisites for this patch? Otherwise it changes
> the return value of offline_memory() which will now call
> acpi_memory_powerdown_device() in the acpi memhotplug case when disabling.
> Is that a problem?

I have understood there is a person who expects "offline_pages()" to fail
in this case by kosaki's comment. So I'll move memory_is_offline to caller
side.

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu

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