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| From | Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] docs/memory-hotplug: adjust the explanation of valid_zones sysfs |
| Date | 2017-06-23 03:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tVlTr-44m-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tV1L3-7Tp-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <tVf1D-8nK-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 08:21:14PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: >On Thu 22-06-17 12:18:44, Wei Yang wrote: >[...] >> -'valid_zones' : read-only: designed to show which zones this memory block >> - can be onlined to. >> - The first column shows it's default zone. >> +'valid_zones' : read-only: shows different information based on state. >> + When state is online, it is designed to show the >> + zone name this memory block is onlined to. >> + When state is offline, it is designed to show which zones >> + this memory block can be onlined to. The first column >> + shows it's default zone. > >I do not think we really need to touch this. First of all the last >sentence is not really correct. The ordering of zones doesn't tell which >zone will be onlined by default. This is indeed a change of behavior of >my patch. I am just not sure anybody depends on that. I can fix it up >but again the old semantic was just awkward and I didn't feel like I >should keep it. Also I plan to change this behavior again with planned >patches. I would like to get rid of the non-overlapping zones >restriction so the wording would have to change again. Sure, look forward your up coming patches. > >That being said, let's keep the wording as it is now. > >Thanks! >-- >Michal Hocko >SUSE Labs -- Wei Yang Help you, Help me
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[PATCH] docs/memory-hotplug: adjust the explanation of valid_zones sysfs Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com> - 2017-06-22 06:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH] docs/memory-hotplug: adjust the explanation of valid_zones sysfs Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-06-22 20:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] docs/memory-hotplug: adjust the explanation of valid_zones sysfs Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com> - 2017-06-23 03:50 +0200
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