[PATCH v6 02/10] mm,memory_hotplug: Remove status_change_nid_normal and update documentation

From: Oscar Salvador
Date: Mon Jun 09 2025 - 05:22:51 EST


Now that the last user of status_change_nid_normal is gone, we can remove it.
Update documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst | 3 ---
.../translations/zh_CN/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst | 3 ---
include/linux/memory.h | 1 -
mm/memory_hotplug.c | 12 ------------
4 files changed, 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst
index 682259ee633a..d1b8eb9add8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst
@@ -56,14 +56,11 @@ The third argument (arg) passes a pointer of struct memory_notify::
struct memory_notify {
unsigned long start_pfn;
unsigned long nr_pages;
- int status_change_nid_normal;
int status_change_nid;
}

- start_pfn is start_pfn of online/offline memory.
- nr_pages is # of pages of online/offline memory.
-- status_change_nid_normal is set node id when N_NORMAL_MEMORY of nodemask
- is (will be) set/clear, if this is -1, then nodemask status is not changed.
- status_change_nid is set node id when N_MEMORY of nodemask is (will be)
set/clear. It means a new(memoryless) node gets new memory by online and a
node loses all memory. If this is -1, then nodemask status is not changed.
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst
index 9b2841fb9a5f..c2a4122ae221 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ memory_notify结构体的指针::
struct memory_notify {
unsigned long start_pfn;
unsigned long nr_pages;
- int status_change_nid_normal;
int status_change_nid;
}

@@ -70,8 +69,6 @@ memory_notify结构体的指针::

- nr_pages是在线/离线内存的页数。

-- status_change_nid_normal是当nodemask的N_NORMAL_MEMORY被设置/清除时设置节
- 点id,如果是-1,则nodemask状态不改变。

- status_change_nid是当nodemask的N_MEMORY被(将)设置/清除时设置的节点id。这
意味着一个新的(没上线的)节点通过联机获得新的内存,而一个节点失去了所有的内
diff --git a/include/linux/memory.h b/include/linux/memory.h
index 5ec4e6d209b9..a9ccd6579422 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory.h
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ struct memory_notify {
unsigned long altmap_nr_pages;
unsigned long start_pfn;
unsigned long nr_pages;
- int status_change_nid_normal;
int status_change_nid;
};

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index b1caedbade5b..94ae0ca37021 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -706,19 +706,13 @@ static void node_states_check_changes_online(unsigned long nr_pages,
int nid = zone_to_nid(zone);

arg->status_change_nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
- arg->status_change_nid_normal = NUMA_NO_NODE;

if (!node_state(nid, N_MEMORY))
arg->status_change_nid = nid;
- if (zone_idx(zone) <= ZONE_NORMAL && !node_state(nid, N_NORMAL_MEMORY))
- arg->status_change_nid_normal = nid;
}

static void node_states_set_node(int node, struct memory_notify *arg)
{
- if (arg->status_change_nid_normal >= 0)
- node_set_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY);
-
if (arg->status_change_nid >= 0)
node_set_state(node, N_MEMORY);
}
@@ -1895,7 +1889,6 @@ static void node_states_check_changes_offline(unsigned long nr_pages,
enum zone_type zt;

arg->status_change_nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
- arg->status_change_nid_normal = NUMA_NO_NODE;

/*
* Check whether node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY] will be changed.
@@ -1907,8 +1900,6 @@ static void node_states_check_changes_offline(unsigned long nr_pages,
*/
for (zt = 0; zt <= ZONE_NORMAL; zt++)
present_pages += pgdat->node_zones[zt].present_pages;
- if (zone_idx(zone) <= ZONE_NORMAL && nr_pages >= present_pages)
- arg->status_change_nid_normal = zone_to_nid(zone);

/*
* We have accounted the pages from [0..ZONE_NORMAL); ZONE_HIGHMEM
@@ -1927,9 +1918,6 @@ static void node_states_check_changes_offline(unsigned long nr_pages,

static void node_states_clear_node(int node, struct memory_notify *arg)
{
- if (arg->status_change_nid_normal >= 0)
- node_clear_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY);
-
if (arg->status_change_nid >= 0)
node_clear_state(node, N_MEMORY);
}
--
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