Re: [PATCH v2] cpu/mem hotplug: Add try_online_node() for cpu_up()

From: Toshi Kani
Date: Wed Sep 11 2013 - 09:42:31 EST


On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 11:32 +0900, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
> (2013/09/11 7:47), Toshi Kani wrote:
> > cpu_up() has #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG code blocks, which
> > call mem_online_node() to put its node online if offlined and
> > then call build_all_zonelists() to initialize the zone list.
> > These steps are specific to memory hotplug, and should be
> > managed in mm/memory_hotplug.c. lock_memory_hotplug() should
> > also be held for the whole steps.
> >
> > For this reason, this patch replaces mem_online_node() with
> > try_online_node(), which performs the whole steps with
> > lock_memory_hotplug() held. try_online_node() is named after
> > try_offline_node() as they have similar purpose.
> >
> > There is no functional change in this patch.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v2: Added pr_err() in case of NULL pgdat in try_online_node().
> > ---
>
> Thank you for updating it. It looks good to me.
>
> Reviewed-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Yasuaki!
-Toshi

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