Re: [Patch v5 6/7] acpi_memhotplug.c: bind the memory device when the driver is being loaded

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2012/11/15 15:59, Wen Congyang wrote:
> We had introduced acpi_hotmem_initialized to avoid strange add_memory fail
> message.  But the memory device may not be used by the kernel, and the
> device should be bound when the driver is being loaded.  Remove
> acpi_hotmem_initialized to allow that the device can be bound when the
> driver is being loaded.
> 
> CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jiang Liu <liuj97@xxxxxxxxx>
> 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: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu

>   drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c | 12 ------------
>   1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
> index f7e3007..e0f7425 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
> @@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ struct acpi_memory_device {
>   	struct list_head res_list;
>   };
>   
> -static int acpi_hotmem_initialized;
> -
>   static acpi_status
>   acpi_memory_get_resource(struct acpi_resource *resource, void *context)
>   {
> @@ -433,15 +431,6 @@ static int acpi_memory_device_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>   
>   	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s \n", acpi_device_name(device));
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * Early boot code has recognized memory area by EFI/E820.
> -	 * If DSDT shows these memory devices on boot, hotplug is not necessary
> -	 * for them. So, it just returns until completion of this driver's
> -	 * start up.
> -	 */
> -	if (!acpi_hotmem_initialized)
> -		return 0;
> -
>   	if (!acpi_memory_check_device(mem_device)) {
>   		/* call add_memory func */
>   		result = acpi_memory_enable_device(mem_device);
> @@ -557,7 +546,6 @@ static int __init acpi_memory_device_init(void)
>   		return -ENODEV;
>   	}
>   
> -	acpi_hotmem_initialized = 1;
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> 


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