[RFC PATCH v4 5/13] memory-hotplug : does not release memory regionin PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks

[Yasuaki Ishimatsu]

Since applying a patch(de7f0cba96786c), release_mem_region() has been changed
as called in PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks because register_memory_resource() is
called in PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks by add_memory(). But it seems firmware
dependency. If CRS are written in the PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks in ACPI DSDT
Table, register_memory_resource() is called in PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks.
But if CRS are written in the DIMM unit in ACPI DSDT Table,
register_memory_resource() is called in DIMM unit. So release_mem_region()
should not be called in PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks. The patch fixes it.

CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Jiang Liu <liuj97@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> 
CC: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
CC: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c |   13 +++++++++----
 mm/memory_hotplug.c                             |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: linux-3.5-rc6/mm/memory_hotplug.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.5-rc6.orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c	2012-07-18 17:51:03.933189930 +0900
+++ linux-3.5-rc6/mm/memory_hotplug.c	2012-07-18 17:51:17.550020005 +0900
@@ -358,11 +358,11 @@ int __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, un
 	BUG_ON(phys_start_pfn & ~PAGE_SECTION_MASK);
 	BUG_ON(nr_pages % PAGES_PER_SECTION);
 
+	release_mem_region(phys_start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT,  nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
+
 	sections_to_remove = nr_pages / PAGES_PER_SECTION;
 	for (i = 0; i < sections_to_remove; i++) {
 		unsigned long pfn = phys_start_pfn + i*PAGES_PER_SECTION;
-		release_mem_region(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT,
-				   PAGES_PER_SECTION << PAGE_SHIFT);
 		ret = __remove_section(zone, __pfn_to_section(pfn));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
Index: linux-3.5-rc6/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.5-rc6.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c	2012-07-18 17:50:49.893365814 +0900
+++ linux-3.5-rc6/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c	2012-07-18 17:51:17.553019968 +0900
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ static int pseries_remove_memblock(unsig
 {
 	unsigned long start, start_pfn;
 	struct zone *zone;
-	int ret;
+	int i, ret;
+	int sections_to_remove;
 
 	start_pfn = base >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
@@ -97,9 +98,13 @@ static int pseries_remove_memblock(unsig
 	 * to sysfs "state" file and we can't remove sysfs entries
 	 * while writing to it. So we have to defer it to here.
 	 */
-	ret = __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, memblock_size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	sections_to_remove = (memblock_size >> PAGE_SHIFT) / PAGES_PER_SECTION;
+	for (i = 0; i < sections_to_remove; i++) {
+		unsigned long pfn = start_pfn + i * PAGES_PER_SECTION;
+		ret = __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn,  PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Update memory regions for memory remove

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