On 26.09.19 09:40, Oscar Salvador wrote: > 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? At least devmem/memremap needs special handling. > 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. > -- Thanks, David / dhildenb
