On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:27:44AM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:03 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am not really sure. I am not a big fan of SYSTEM_BOOTING global > > thingy so I would rather not spread its usage. > > I agree, I do not think this patch is necessary. Calling > pgdat_set_deferred_range() does not hurt in hotplug context, and it is > cheap too. SYSTEM_BOOTING sometimes useful, but it is better to use it > only where necessary, where without this "if" we will encounter some > bugs. Ok, let us drop it then ;-). Thanks -- Oscar Salvador SUSE L3