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From: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] mm, memory_hotplug: support movable_node for
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On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 02:20:04PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
>Teach move_pfn_range that MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP can use the movable zone if
>movable_node is enabled and the range doesn't overlap with the existing
>normal zone. This should provide a reasonable default onlining strategy.

I like it. If your distro has some auto-onlining udev rule like

SUBSYSTEM=="memory", ACTION=="add", ATTR{state}=="offline", ATTR{state}="online"

You could get things onlined as movable just by putting movable_node in
the boot params, without changing/modifying the rule.

-- 
Reza Arbab