[rfc patch] memory_hotplug: Check for walk_memory_resource() failurein online_pages()

From: Geoff Levand
Date: Mon May 12 2008 - 21:14:18 EST


Add a check to online_pages() to test for failure of
walk_memory_resource(). This fixes a condition where a failure
of walk_memory_resource() can lead to online_pages() returning
success without the requested pages being onlined.

Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---

I'm not entirely sure this is the proper way to handle this
condition. Comments welcome.

mm/memory_hotplug.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -408,8 +408,15 @@ int online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsi
if (!populated_zone(zone))
need_zonelists_rebuild = 1;

- walk_memory_resource(pfn, nr_pages, &onlined_pages,
+ ret = walk_memory_resource(pfn, nr_pages, &onlined_pages,
online_pages_range);
+ if (ret) {
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "online_pages %lx at %lx failed\n",
+ nr_pages, pfn);
+ memory_notify(MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE, &arg);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
zone->present_pages += onlined_pages;
zone->zone_pgdat->node_present_pages += onlined_pages;


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