Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm, mem-hotplug: fix section mismatch. setup_per_zone_inactive_ratio() should be __meminit.

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Tue Apr 12 2011 - 06:28:08 EST


Hi

> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:00 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro
> <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Commit bce7394a3e (page-allocator: reset wmark_min and inactive ratio of
> > zone when hotplug happens) introduced invalid section references.
> > Now, setup_per_zone_inactive_ratio() is marked __init and then it can't
> > be referenced from memory hotplug code.
> >
> > Then, this patch marks it as __meminit and also marks caller as __ref.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Just a nitpick.
>
> As below comment of __ref said, It would be better to add _why_ such
> as memory_hotplug.c.
>
> "so optimally document why the __ref is needed and why it's OK"

Hmm...
All of memory_hotplug.c function can call __meminit function. It's
definition of __meminit.

We can put the same comment to every function in memory_hotplug.c.
like hotadd_newpgdat().

/* we are OK calling __meminit stuff here - we have CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
static pg_data_t __ref *hotadd_new_pgdat(int nid, u64 start)
{
(snip)
}

But it has zero information. ;)



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