The patch titled Subject: mm/memory_hotplug: get rid of __ref has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-memory_hotplug-get-rid-of-__ref.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-memory_hotplug-get-rid-of-__ref.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/memory_hotplug: get rid of __ref Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 01:01:57 +0000 After commit 73db3abdca58 ("init/modpost: conditionally check section mismatch to __meminit*"), we can get rid of __ref annotations. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240726010157.6177-1-richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory_hotplug.c | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c~mm-memory_hotplug-get-rid-of-__ref +++ a/mm/memory_hotplug.c @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ struct page *pfn_to_online_page(unsigned } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pfn_to_online_page); -int __ref __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, +int __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, struct mhp_params *params) { const unsigned long end_pfn = pfn + nr_pages; @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static void update_pgdat_span(struct pgl pgdat->node_spanned_pages = node_end_pfn - node_start_pfn; } -void __ref remove_pfn_range_from_zone(struct zone *zone, +void remove_pfn_range_from_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages) { @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ int restore_online_page_callback(online_ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(restore_online_page_callback); /* we are OK calling __meminit stuff here - we have CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */ -void __ref generic_online_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order) +void generic_online_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order) { __free_pages_core(page, order, MEMINIT_HOTPLUG); } @@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ static inline void section_taint_zone_de * (usually MIGRATE_MOVABLE). Besides setting the migratetype, no related * zone stats (e.g., nr_isolate_pageblock) are touched. */ -void __ref move_pfn_range_to_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn, +void move_pfn_range_to_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, struct vmem_altmap *altmap, int migratetype) { @@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ void mhp_deinit_memmap_on_memory(unsigne /* * Must be called with mem_hotplug_lock in write mode. */ -int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, +int online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone, struct memory_group *group) { unsigned long flags; @@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ failed_addition: } /* we are OK calling __meminit stuff here - we have CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */ -static pg_data_t __ref *hotadd_init_pgdat(int nid) +static pg_data_t *hotadd_init_pgdat(int nid) { struct pglist_data *pgdat; @@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ bool mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(void) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory); -static void __ref remove_memory_blocks_and_altmaps(u64 start, u64 size) +static void remove_memory_blocks_and_altmaps(u64 start, u64 size) { unsigned long memblock_size = memory_block_size_bytes(); u64 cur_start; @@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ out: * * we are OK calling __meminit stuff here - we have CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */ -int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, mhp_t mhp_flags) +int add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, mhp_t mhp_flags) { struct mhp_params params = { .pgprot = pgprot_mhp(PAGE_KERNEL) }; enum memblock_flags memblock_flags = MEMBLOCK_NONE; @@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ error_mem_hotplug_end: } /* requires device_hotplug_lock, see add_memory_resource() */ -int __ref __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags) +int __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags) { struct resource *res; int ret; @@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ static int count_system_ram_pages_cb(uns /* * Must be called with mem_hotplug_lock in write mode. */ -int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, +int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone, struct memory_group *group) { const unsigned long end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages; @@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ static int memory_blocks_have_altmaps(u6 return 1; } -static int __ref try_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size) +static int try_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size) { int rc, nid = NUMA_NO_NODE; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx are mm-improve-code-consistency-with-zonelist_-helper-functions.patch mm-memory_hotplug-get-rid-of-__ref.patch