[RFC v8 PATCH 04/20] memory-hotplug: offline and remove memory when removing the memory device

[Wen Congyang]

At 09/01/2012 04:55 AM, Andrew Morton Wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:00:11 +0800
> wency at cn.fujitsu.com wrote:
> 
>> +int remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
>> +{
>> +	int ret = -EBUSY;
>> +	lock_memory_hotplug();
>> +	/*
>> +	 * The memory might become online by other task, even if you offine it.
>> +	 * So we check whether the cpu has been onlined or not.
> 
> I think you meant "memory", not "cpu".

Yes. I will fix it.

Thanks
Wen Congyang

> 
> Actually, "check whether any part of this memory range has been
> onlined" would be better.  If that is accurate ;)
> 
>> +	 */
>> +	if (!is_memblk_offline(start, size)) {
>> +		pr_warn("memory removing [mem %#010llx-%#010llx] failed, "
>> +			"because the memmory range is online\n",
>> +			start, start + size);
>> +		ret = -EAGAIN;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	unlock_memory_hotplug();
>> +	return ret;
>> +
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_memory);
>