Re: [PATCH v1] drivers/base/memory: clarify adding and removing of memory blocks

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On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 04:45:31PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Let's make it clearer at which places we actually add and remove memory
> blocks -- streamlining the terminology -- and highlight which memory
> block start out online and which start out as offline.
> 
> * rename add_memory_block -> add_boot_memory_block
> * rename init_memory_block -> add_memory_block
> * rename unregister_memory -> remove_memory_block
> * rename register_memory -> __add_memory_block
> * add add_hotplug_memory_block
> * mark add_boot_memory_block with __init (suggested by Oscar)
> 
> __add_memory_block() is  a pure helper for add_memory_block(), remove
> the somewhat obvious comment.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for doing this, it makes the code much more clear.

Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> 
> Based on v5.17-rc5 and:
> 	[PATCH v2 0/2] drivers/base/memory: determine and store zone for
> 	single-zone memory blocks [1]

Maybe just my thing, but I also had to pull in [1] in order to apply
this error-free. 

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mm/patch/20220128144540.153902-1-david@xxxxxxxxxx/


-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs




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