At 09/05/2012 07:16 AM, Andrew Morton Wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:51:10 +0800
> Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>> +static void release_firmware_map_entry(struct kobject *kobj)
>>>> +{
>>>> + struct firmware_map_entry *entry = to_memmap_entry(kobj);
>>>> + struct page *page;
>>>> +
>>>> + page = virt_to_page(entry);
>>>> + if (PageSlab(page) || PageCompound(page))
>>>
>>> That PageCompound() test looks rather odd. Why is this done?
>>
>> Liu Jiang and Christoph Lameter discussed how to find slab page
>> in this mail:
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/6/333.
>
> Well, please add a code comment to release_firmware_map_entry() which
> fully explains these things.
>
> I see that Christoph and I agree: "It would be cleaner if memory
> hotplug had an indicator which allocation mechanism was used and would
> use the corresponding free action". You didn't respond to this
> suggestion when he made it, nor when I made it. What are your thoughts
> on this?
Hmm, I think it is better to use an indicator which allocation mechanism was
used. I will do it in the next version.
Thanks
Wen Congyang
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