On Wed, 1 May 2013, Cody P Schafer wrote: > diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c > index a221fac..0bdca10 100644 > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c > @@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ static void node_states_set_node(int node, struct memory_notify *arg) > > int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_type) > { > + unsigned long flags; > unsigned long onlined_pages = 0; > struct zone *zone; > int need_zonelists_rebuild = 0; > @@ -993,7 +994,11 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ > > zone->managed_pages += onlined_pages; > zone->present_pages += onlined_pages; > + > + pgdat_resize_lock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags); > zone->zone_pgdat->node_present_pages += onlined_pages; > + pgdat_resize_unlock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags); > + > if (onlined_pages) { > node_states_set_node(zone_to_nid(zone), &arg); > if (need_zonelists_rebuild) Why? You can't get a partial read of a word-sized data structure. -- 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>