Re: [PATCH] kexec: Discard loaded image on memory hotplug

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David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> Maybe we have enough information to fixup the loaded kexec image
>> in the kexec_file_load case, we certainly don't in the ordinary
>> kexec_load case.
>
> Yes, that's also what I mentioned in my reply to Baoquan.
>
>> 
>> For now I want to stick to the simplest thing we can do which is either
>> blocking the memory hotplug operation (if that is possible) or
>> dropping the loaded kexec image.
>
> Yes, the latter is the best for now. It's simple.
>
> I am suggesting to add explicit callbacks to
> add_memory()/remove_memory(), and calling the invalidation from there -
> because I see various issues with the memory notifier approach (racy,
> false positives, never called if memory is not onlined).

Ok so we are in agreement.  Correct patch.  Wrong trigger condition.

Eric





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