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    SubjectRe: memory offline infinite loop after soft offline
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    On 18.10.19 10:24, Michal Hocko wrote:
    > On Fri 18-10-19 10:13:36, David Hildenbrand wrote:
    > [...]
    >> However, if the compound page spans multiple pageblocks
    >
    > Although hugetlb pages spanning pageblocks are possible this shouldn't
    > matter in__test_page_isolated_in_pageblock because this function doesn't
    > really operate on pageblocks as the name suggests. It is simply
    > traversing all valid RAM ranges (see walk_system_ram_range).

    As long as the hugepages don't span memory blocks/sections, you are
    right. I have no experience with gigantic pages in this regard.

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    Thanks,

    David / dhildenb

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