Re: memory hotplug - looking for good place for cpuset hook

From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Date: Fri Aug 25 2006 - 13:55:39 EST


On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:57:18 -0700
Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> ================================================================
> int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> {
> pg_data_t *pgdat = NULL;
> ...
> if (!node_online(nid)) {
> pgdat = hotadd_new_pgdat(nid, start);
> if (!pgdat)
> return -ENOMEM;
> ...
> }
> ...
> if (pgdat) {
> /* we online node here. we can't roll back from here. */
> node_set_online(nid);
> ret = register_one_node(nid);
> ================================================================
>
> Is this second code chunk just as good?
>

Ah yes. I think yours is better logic.

> I'd still be inclined to add my new cpuset hook to track
> node_online_map right after the node_set_online() call, since
> that's what changes node_online_map. I don't think I care
> whether or not the "sysfs entry of node" is setup or not.
>
Ok.

Thanks,
-Kame

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