Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] acpi,memory-hotplug : implement framework for hot removing memory

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Friday 19 of October 2012 18:03:57 wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The patch-set implements a framework for hot removing memory.
> 
> The memory device can be removed by 2 ways:
> 1. send eject request by SCI
> 2. echo 1 >/sys/bus/pci/devices/PNP0C80:XX/eject
> 
> In the 1st case, acpi_memory_disable_device() will be called.
> In the 2nd case, acpi_memory_device_remove() will be called.
> acpi_memory_device_remove() will also be called when we unbind the
> memory device from the driver acpi_memhotplug or a driver initialization
> fails.
> 
> acpi_memory_disable_device() has already implemented a code which
> offlines memory and releases acpi_memory_info struct . But
> acpi_memory_device_remove() has not implemented it yet.
> 
> So the patch prepares the framework for hot removing memory and
> adds the framework into acpi_memory_device_remove().
> 
> The last version of this patchset is here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/3/126
> 
> Changelos from v1 to v2:
>   Patch1: use acpi_bus_trim() instead of acpi_bus_remove()
>   Patch2: new patch, introduce a lock to protect the list
>   Patch3: remove memory too when type is ACPI_BUS_REMOVAL_NORMAL
>   Note: I don't send [Patch2-4 v1] in this series because they
>   are no logical changes in these 3 patches.
> 
> Wen Congyang (2):
>   acpi,memory-hotplug: call acpi_bus_trim() to remove memory device
>   acpi,memory-hotplug: introduce a mutex lock to protect the list in
>     acpi_memory_device
> 
> Yasuaki Ishimatsu (1):
>   acpi,memory-hotplug : add memory offline code to
>     acpi_memory_device_remove()
> 
>  drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c |   51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> --

Can you please tell me what kernel is the series supposed to apply to?
Is it the current Linus' tree, or linux-next, or something else?

Thanks,
Rafael


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