2019-06-26 06:13:16

by Alastair D'Silva

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Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] mm: Cleanup & allow modules to hotplug memory

From: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]>

This series addresses some minor issues found when developing a
persistent memory driver.

Changelog:
V2:
- Drop mm/hotplug: export try_online_node
(not necessary)
- Return errors from __section_nr
- Remove errant whitespace change in
mm: don't hide potentially null memmap pointer
- Rework mm: don't hide potentially null memmap pointer
to use a start & count
- Drop mm/hotplug: Avoid RCU stalls when removing large amounts of memory
(similar patch already went in)

Alastair D'Silva (3):
mm: Trigger bug on if a section is not found in __section_nr
mm: don't hide potentially null memmap pointer in
sparse_remove_one_section
mm: Don't manually decrement num_poisoned_pages

drivers/base/memory.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
mm/sparse.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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2.21.0


2019-06-26 08:00:10

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] mm: Cleanup & allow modules to hotplug memory

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 04:11:20PM +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> - Drop mm/hotplug: export try_online_node
> (not necessary)

With this the subject line of the cover letter seems incorrect now :)

2019-06-27 00:53:08

by Alastair D'Silva

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] mm: Cleanup & allow modules to hotplug memory

On Wed, 2019-06-26 at 00:57 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 04:11:20PM +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > - Drop mm/hotplug: export try_online_node
> > (not necessary)
>
> With this the subject line of the cover letter seems incorrect now :)
>

Indeed :)

I left it as I was unsure whether changing the series title would make
it harder to track revisions.


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