On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:59:21 +0100 David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Let's introduce new types for different kinds of memory blocks and use > them in existing code. As I don't see an easy way to split this up, > do it in one hunk for now. > > acpi: > Use DIMM or DIMM_UNREMOVABLE depending on hotremove support in the kernel. > Properly change the type when trying to add memory that was already > detected and used during boot (so this memory will correctly end up as > "acpi" in user space). > > pseries: > Use DIMM or DIMM_UNREMOVABLE depending on hotremove support in the kernel. > As far as I see, handling like in the acpi case for existing blocks is > not required. > > probed memory from user space: > Use DIMM_UNREMOVABLE as there is no interface to get rid of this code > again. > > hv_balloon,xen/balloon: > Use BALLOON. As simple as that :) > > s390x/sclp: > Use a dedicated type S390X_STANDBY as this type of memory and it's > semantics are very s390x specific. > > powernv/memtrace: > Only allow to use BOOT memory for memtrace. I consider this code in > general dangerous, but we have to keep it working ... most probably just > a debug feature. I don't think it should be arbitrarily restricted like that. Thanks Michal
