Offlining and removal of memory is now done in the prepare_remove callback, not in the remove callback. The prepare_remove callback will be called when trying to remove a memory device with the following ways: 1. send eject request by SCI 2. echo 1 >/sys/bus/pci/devices/PNP0C80:XX/eject Note that unbinding the acpi driver from a memory device with: echo "PNP0C80:XX" > /sys/bus/acpi/drivers/acpi_memhotplug/unbind will no longer try to remove the memory. This is in compliance with normal unbind driver core semantics, see the discussion in v2 of this patchset: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/16/649 After a successful unbind of the driver: - OSPM ejects of the memory device cannot proceed, as acpi_eject_store will return -ENODEV on missing driver. - SCI ejects of the memory device also cannot proceed, as they will also get a "driver data is NULL" error. So the memory can continue to be used safely after unbind. Signed-off-by: Vasilis Liaskovitis <vasilis.liaskovitis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c index eb30e5a..d0cfbd9 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); static int acpi_memory_device_add(struct acpi_device *device); static int acpi_memory_device_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type); +static int acpi_memory_device_prepare_remove(struct acpi_device *device); static const struct acpi_device_id memory_device_ids[] = { {ACPI_MEMORY_DEVICE_HID, 0}, @@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ static struct acpi_driver acpi_memory_device_driver = { .ops = { .add = acpi_memory_device_add, .remove = acpi_memory_device_remove, + .prepare_remove = acpi_memory_device_prepare_remove, }, }; @@ -448,6 +450,20 @@ static int acpi_memory_device_add(struct acpi_device *device) static int acpi_memory_device_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type) { struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device = NULL; + + if (!device || !acpi_driver_data(device)) + return -EINVAL; + + mem_device = acpi_driver_data(device); + + acpi_memory_device_free(mem_device); + + return 0; +} + +static int acpi_memory_device_prepare_remove(struct acpi_device *device) +{ + struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device = NULL; int result; if (!device || !acpi_driver_data(device)) @@ -459,8 +475,6 @@ static int acpi_memory_device_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type) if (result) return result; - acpi_memory_device_free(mem_device); - return 0; } -- 1.7.9 -- 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>