Add a section count property to the memory_block struct to track the number of memory sections that have been added/removed from a memory block. This allows us to know when the last memory section of a memory block has been removed so we can remove the memory block. Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/memory.c | 17 +++++++++++------ include/linux/memory.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux-next/drivers/base/memory.c =================================================================== --- linux-next.orig/drivers/base/memory.c 2010-09-30 14:12:41.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-next/drivers/base/memory.c 2010-09-30 14:13:50.000000000 -0500 @@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ mem->phys_index = __section_nr(section); mem->state = state; + mem->section_count++; mutex_init(&mem->state_mutex); start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->phys_index); mem->phys_device = arch_get_memory_phys_device(start_pfn); @@ -511,12 +512,16 @@ mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex); mem = find_memory_block(section); - unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(mem); - mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_index); - mem_remove_simple_file(mem, state); - mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_device); - mem_remove_simple_file(mem, removable); - unregister_memory(mem, section); + + mem->section_count--; + if (mem->section_count == 0) { + unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(mem); + mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_index); + mem_remove_simple_file(mem, state); + mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_device); + mem_remove_simple_file(mem, removable); + unregister_memory(mem, section); + } mutex_unlock(&mem_sysfs_mutex); return 0; Index: linux-next/include/linux/memory.h =================================================================== --- linux-next.orig/include/linux/memory.h 2010-09-29 14:56:29.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-next/include/linux/memory.h 2010-09-30 14:13:50.000000000 -0500 @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ struct memory_block { unsigned long phys_index; unsigned long state; + int section_count; + /* * This serializes all state change requests. It isn't * held during creation because the control files are -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>