remove_memory() does not remove memory but just offlines memory. The patch changes name of it to offline_memory(). CC: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c | 2 +- drivers/base/memory.c | 4 ++-- include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 2 +- mm/memory_hotplug.c | 6 +++--- 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux-3.5-rc4/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c 2012-06-25 04:53:04.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c 2012-06-26 13:48:38.263940481 +0900 @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int acpi_memory_disable_device(st */ list_for_each_entry_safe(info, n, &mem_device->res_list, list) { if (info->enabled) { - result = remove_memory(info->start_addr, info->length); + result = offline_memory(info->start_addr, info->length); if (result) return result; } Index: linux-3.5-rc4/drivers/base/memory.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/drivers/base/memory.c 2012-06-25 04:53:04.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/drivers/base/memory.c 2012-06-26 13:48:46.072842803 +0900 @@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ memory_block_action(unsigned long phys_i break; case MEM_OFFLINE: start_paddr = page_to_pfn(first_page) << PAGE_SHIFT; - ret = remove_memory(start_paddr, - nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT); + ret = offline_memory(start_paddr, + nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT); break; default: WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "%s(%ld, %ld) unknown action: " Index: linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-06-25 04:53:04.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-06-26 13:48:46.072842803 +0900 @@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ out: return ret; } -int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size) +int offline_memory(u64 start, u64 size) { unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn; @@ -999,9 +999,9 @@ int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size) return offline_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn, 120 * HZ); } #else -int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size) +int offline_memory(u64 start, u64 size) { return -EINVAL; } #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */ -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_memory); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(offline_memory); Index: linux-3.5-rc4/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h =================================================================== --- linux-3.5-rc4.orig/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h 2012-06-25 04:53:04.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc4/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h 2012-06-26 13:48:38.264940468 +0900 @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static inline int is_mem_section_removab extern int mem_online_node(int nid); extern int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size); extern int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size); -extern int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size); +extern int offline_memory(u64 start, u64 size); extern int sparse_add_one_section(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn, int nr_pages); extern void sparse_remove_one_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms); -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>