Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] powerpc/mm: allow memory hotplug into a memoryless node

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Tue Oct 25 2016 - 05:40:12 EST


Balbir Singh <bsingharora@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> FYI, these checks were temporary to begin with
>
> I found this in git history
>
> b226e462124522f2f23153daff31c311729dfa2f (powerpc: don't add memory to empty node/zone)

Nice thanks for digging it up.

commit b226e462124522f2f23153daff31c311729dfa2f
Author: Mike Kravetz <kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri Dec 16 14:30:35 2005 -0800
^^^^

That is why maintainers don't like to merge "temporary" patches :)

cheers