Re: [patch v2 3/6] mm/memory_hotplug: Disable memory hotremove for 32bit

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On Sun 26-05-13 07:58:42, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >> As KOSAKI Motohiro mentioned, memory hotplug don't support 32bit since
> >> it was born,
> >
> > Why? any reference? This reasoning is really weak.
> 
> I have no seen any highmem support in memory hotplug code and I don't think this
> patch fixes all 32bit highmem issue. If anybody are interesting to
> support it, it is good thing. But in fact, _now_ it is broken when
> enable HIGHMEM.
> So, I just want to mark broken until someone want to support highmem
> and verify overall.
> 
> And, yes, this patch is no good. Kconfig doesn't describe why disable
> when highmem.
> So,
> 
> depends on 64BIT || !HIGHMEM || BROKEN
> 
> maybe clear documentation more.

I have no objection to disbale the feature for HIGHMEM configurations I
was merely complaining that the patch didn't describe _why_.

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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