The patch titled
Subject: drivers/base/memory.c: fixup documentation of removable/phys_index/block_size_bytes
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
drivers-base-memoryc-fixup-documentation-of-removable-phys_index-block_size_bytes.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: drivers/base/memory.c: fixup documentation of removable/phys_index/block_size_bytes
Let's rephrase to memory block terminology and add some further
clarifications.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190806080826.5963-1-david@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/memory.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c~drivers-base-memoryc-fixup-documentation-of-removable-phys_index-block_size_bytes
+++ a/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -116,10 +116,8 @@ static unsigned long get_memory_block_si
}
/*
- * use this as the physical section index that this memsection
- * uses.
+ * Show the first physical section index (number) of this memory block.
*/
-
static ssize_t phys_index_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
@@ -131,7 +129,10 @@ static ssize_t phys_index_show(struct de
}
/*
- * Show whether the section of memory is likely to be hot-removable
+ * Show whether the memory block is likely to be offlineable (or is already
+ * offline). Once offline, the memory block could be removed. The return
+ * value does, however, not indicate that there is a way to remove the
+ * memory block.
*/
static ssize_t removable_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(phys_device);
static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(removable);
/*
- * Block size attribute stuff
+ * Show the memory block size (shared by all memory blocks).
*/
static ssize_t block_size_bytes_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxx are
