[PATCH v6 6/7] mm/memory_hotplug: Embed vmem_altmap details in memory block
Michal Hocko
mhocko at suse.com
Thu Jul 27 19:25:10 AEST 2023
On Thu 27-07-23 13:32:31, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> With memmap on memory, some architecture needs more details w.r.t altmap
> such as base_pfn, end_pfn, etc to unmap vmemmap memory. Instead of
> computing them again when we remove a memory block, embed vmem_altmap
> details in struct memory_block if we are using memmap on memory block
> feature.
>
> No functional change in this patch
>
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> drivers/base/memory.c | 25 +++++++++++-------
> include/linux/memory.h | 8 ++----
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
> index b456ac213610..57ed61212277 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/memory.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
> @@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ static void memory_block_release(struct device *dev)
> {
> struct memory_block *mem = to_memory_block(dev);
>
> + WARN_ON(mem->altmap);
What is this supposed to catch? A comment would be handy so that we know
what to look at should it ever trigger.
> kfree(mem);
> }
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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