Re: [PATCH R4 6/7] mm: Extend memory hotplug API to allow memory hotplug in virtual guests

[Daniel Kiper]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 03:51:12PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 22:50 +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > +int add_virtual_memory(u64 *size)
> > +{
> > +	int nid;
> > +	u64 start;
> > +
> > +	start = PFN_PHYS(SECTION_ALIGN(max_pfn));
> > +	*size = (((*size >> PAGE_SHIFT) & PAGE_SECTION_MASK) + PAGES_PER_SECTION) << PAGE_SHIFT;
>
> Why use PFN_PHYS() in one case but not the other?

I know that this is the same, however, I think PFN_PHYS() usage suggest
that I do a PFN/address manipulation. It is not true in that case (I do
an operation on region size) and I would like to avoid that ambiguity.

> I'd also highly suggest using the ALIGN() macro in cases like this.  It
> makes it much more readable:

OK.

> 	*size = PFN_PHYS(ALIGN(*size, SECTION_SIZE)));
>
> > +	nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(start);
> > +
> > +	return add_memory(nid, start, *size);
> > +}
>
> Could you talk a little bit more about how 'size' gets used?  Also, are
> we sure we want an interface where we're so liberal with 'size'?  It
> seems like requiring that it be section-aligned is a fair burden to
> place on the caller.  That way, we're not in a position of _guessing_
> what the caller wants (aligning up or down).

I do not have like this function since I created it. However,
I decided to sent it for review. It does not simplify anything
(add_memory() as a generic function is sufficient) and it is
too inflexible. Now, I am sure that everything in its body
should be moved to platform specific module (in that case Xen).
I am going to that on next patch release.

Daniel
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