On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 11:34:05AM +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote: > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx> > @@ -291,6 +307,10 @@ int __ref __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, > unsigned long nr, start_sec, end_sec; > struct vmem_altmap *altmap = restrictions->altmap; > > + err = check_hotplug_memory_addressable(pfn, nr_pages); > + if (err) > + return err; > + I am probably off here because 1) I am jumping blind in a middle of a discussion and 2) I got back from holydays yesterday, so bear with me. Would not be better to just place the check in add_memory_resource instead? Take into account that we create the memory mapping for this range in arch_add_memory, so it looks weird to me to create the mapping if we are going to fail right after because the range is simply off. But as I said, I might be missing some previous discussion. -- Oscar Salvador SUSE L3