Since applying a patch(de7f0cba96786c), release_mem_region() has been changed as called in PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks because register_memory_resource() is called in PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks by add_memory(). But it seems firmware dependency. If CRS are written in the PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks in ACPI DSDT Table, register_memory_resource() is called in PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks. But if CRS are written in the DIMM unit in ACPI DSDT Table, register_memory_resource() is called in DIMM unit. So release_mem_region() should not be called in PAGES_PER_SECTION chunks. The patch fixes it. CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Jiang Liu <liuj97@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c | 13 +++++++++---- mm/memory_hotplug.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-07-03 14:22:03.549198802 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-07-03 14:22:05.919169458 +0900 @@ -358,11 +358,11 @@ int __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, un BUG_ON(phys_start_pfn & ~PAGE_SECTION_MASK); BUG_ON(nr_pages % PAGES_PER_SECTION); + release_mem_region(phys_start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE); + sections_to_remove = nr_pages / PAGES_PER_SECTION; for (i = 0; i < sections_to_remove; i++) { unsigned long pfn = phys_start_pfn + i*PAGES_PER_SECTION; - release_mem_region(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, - PAGES_PER_SECTION << PAGE_SHIFT); ret = __remove_section(zone, __pfn_to_section(pfn)); if (ret) break; Index: linux-3.5-rc4/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c 2012-07-03 14:21:45.641422678 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c 2012-07-03 14:22:05.920169437 +0900 @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ static int pseries_remove_memblock(unsig { unsigned long start, start_pfn; struct zone *zone; - int ret; + int i, ret; + int sections_to_remove; start_pfn = base >> PAGE_SHIFT; @@ -97,9 +98,13 @@ static int pseries_remove_memblock(unsig * to sysfs "state" file and we can't remove sysfs entries * while writing to it. So we have to defer it to here. */ - ret = __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, memblock_size >> PAGE_SHIFT); - if (ret) - return ret; + sections_to_remove = (memblock_size >> PAGE_SHIFT) / PAGES_PER_SECTION; + for (i = 0; i < sections_to_remove; i++) { + unsigned long pfn = start_pfn + i * PAGES_PER_SECTION; + ret = __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION); + if (ret) + return ret; + } /* * Update memory regions for memory remove -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html