+ +static int __ref try_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size) +{ + int rc, nid = NUMA_NO_NODE; + + BUG_ON(check_hotplug_memory_range(start, size)); + + /* + * All memory blocks must be offlined before removing memory. Check + * whether all memory blocks in question are offline and return error + * if this is not the case. + * + * While at it, determine the nid. Note that if we'd have mixed nodes, + * we'd only try to offline the last determined one -- which is good + * enough for the cases we care about. + */ + rc = walk_memory_blocks(start, size, &nid, check_memblock_offlined_cb); + if (rc) + return rc; + + /* + * For memmap_on_memory, the altmaps could have been added on + * a per-memblock basis. Loop through the entire range if so, + * and remove each memblock and its altmap. + */ + if (mhp_memmap_on_memory()) { + unsigned long memblock_size = memory_block_size_bytes(); + u64 cur_start; + + for (cur_start = start; cur_start < start + size; + cur_start += memblock_size) + __try_remove_memory(nid, cur_start, memblock_size); + } else { + __try_remove_memory(nid, start, size); + } + return 0; }
Why is the firmware, memblock and nid handling not kept in this outer function?
We really shouldn't be doing per memory block what needs to be done per memblock: remove_memory_block_devices() and arch_remove_memory().
-- Cheers, David / dhildenb