[PATCH] powerpc/pseries: fix oops in hotplug memory notifier

Nathan Lynch nathanl at linux.ibm.com
Fri Jun 14 11:05:00 AEST 2019


Nathan Lynch <nathanl at linux.ibm.com> writes:

> Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>
>> Maybe we are ok with this behavior as I haven't dug deep enough into the memory
>> subsystem here to really understand what the memory code is updating, but it is
>> concerning that we are doing it in some cases, but not all.
>
> I hope I've made a good case above that the notifier does not do any
> useful work, and a counterpart for the v2 format isn't needed.  Do you
> agree?
>
> If so, I'll send a patch later to remove the notifier altogether. In the
> near term I would still like this minimal fix to go in.

Tyrel, ack?



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