[PATCH v4 2/2] powerpc/pseries: Implement indexed-count hotplug memory remove

Nathan Fontenot nfont at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Aug 3 06:20:28 AEST 2016


On 08/01/2016 12:23 PM, Sahil Mehta wrote:
> Indexed-count remove for memory hotplug guarantees that a contiguous block
> of <count> lmbs beginning at a specified <index> will be unassigned (NOT
> that <count> lmbs will be removed). Because of Qemu's per-DIMM memory
> management, the removal of a contiguous block of memory currently
> requires a series of individual calls. Indexed-count remove reduces
> this series into a single call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sahil Mehta <smehta at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

> ---
> v2:	-use u32s drc_index and count instead of u32 ic[]
> 	 in dlpar_memory
> v3:	-add logic to handle invalid drc_index input
> v4:	-none
> 
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c |   90 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 90 insertions(+)



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