On Mon, 9 May 2016 13:11:58 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 9 May 2016 12:53:36 -0500 Reza Arbab <arbab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > While it is currently possible to rezone memory when it is onlined, there are > > implicit assumptions about the zones: > > > > * To "online_kernel" a block into ZONE_NORMAL, it must currently > > be in ZONE_MOVABLE. > > > > * To "online_movable" a block into ZONE_MOVABLE, it must currently > > be in (ZONE_MOVABLE - 1). > > > > So on powerpc, where new memory is hotplugged into ZONE_DMA, these operations > > do not work. > > > > This patchset replaces the qualifications above with a more general > > validation of zone movement. > > > > The patches look good from a first scan. It's late for 4.6 so I'll > queue them for 4.7-rc1, unless there are convincing reasons otherwise? err, make that 4.8-rc1. > Hopefully the other memory-hotplug developers will be able to find time > to review these. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>