Re: [PATCH 0/3] memory-hotplug: improve rezoning capability

From	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/3] memory-hotplug: improve rezoning capability
Date	2016-05-09 22:20 +0200
Message-ID	<rwZOP-48t-25@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References	<rwXDj-1Ud-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <rwZOO-48t-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization	linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw

On Mon, 9 May 2016 13:11:58 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Mon,  9 May 2016 12:53:36 -0500 Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > While it is currently possible to rezone memory when it is onlined, there are
> > implicit assumptions about the zones:
> > 
> > * To "online_kernel" a block into ZONE_NORMAL, it must currently
> >   be in ZONE_MOVABLE.
> > 
> > * To "online_movable" a block into ZONE_MOVABLE, it must currently
> >   be in (ZONE_MOVABLE - 1).
> > 
> > So on powerpc, where new memory is hotplugged into ZONE_DMA, these operations
> > do not work.
> > 
> > This patchset replaces the qualifications above with a more general
> > validation of zone movement.
> > 
> 
> The patches look good from a first scan.  It's late for 4.6 so I'll
> queue them for 4.7-rc1, unless there are convincing reasons otherwise?

err, make that 4.8-rc1.

> Hopefully the other memory-hotplug developers will be able to find time
> to review these.

Back to linux.kernel | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

[PATCH 0/3] memory-hotplug: improve rezoning capability Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-05-09 20:00 +0200
  [PATCH 2/3] memory-hotplug: more general validation of zone during online Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-05-09 20:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/3] memory-hotplug: more general validation of zone  during online Yasuaki Ishimatsu <yasu.isimatu@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 20:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 2/3] memory-hotplug: more general validation of zone  during online Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-05-10 22:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 2/3] memory-hotplug: more general validation of zone  during online Yasuaki Ishimatsu <yasu.isimatu@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 17:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 2/3] memory-hotplug: more general validation of zone  during online Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-05-11 21:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/3] memory-hotplug: improve rezoning capability Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-05-09 22:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/3] memory-hotplug: improve rezoning capability Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-05-09 22:20 +0200

csiph-web