On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:53:33 +0200 David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> ... > >>> > >>> > >>> - Rebased on linux-next (next-20190611) > >> > >> Yet the patch you've prepared is designed for 5.3. Was that > >> deliberate, or should we be targeting earlier kernels? > > > > It was deliberate for 5.3 as a preparation for upcoming reworked arm64 hot-remove. > > > > We should probably add to the patch description something like "This is > a preparation for arm64 memory hotremove. The described issue is not > relevant on other architectures." Please. And is there any reason to merge it separately? Can it be [patch 1/3] in the "arm64/mm: Enable memory hot remove" series?