Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm/memory_hotplug: pass online_type to online_memory_block() via arg

[Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 05:10:29PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:04:34 -0500
> Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net> wrote:
> 
> > Modify online_memory_block() to accept the online type through its arg
> > parameter rather than calling mhp_get_default_online_type() internally.
> > This prepares for allowing callers to specify explicit online types.
> > 
> > Update the caller in add_memory_resource() to pass the default online
> > type via a local variable.
> > 
> > No functional change.
> > 
> > Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
> 
> Trivial comment inline. I don't really care either way.
> Pushing the policy up to the caller and ensuring it's explicitly constant
> for all the memory blocks (as opposed to relying on locks) seems sensible to me
> even without anything else.
> 
> >  
> >  	/* online pages if requested */
> > -	if (mhp_get_default_online_type() != MMOP_OFFLINE)
> > -		walk_memory_blocks(start, size, NULL, online_memory_block);
> > +	if (mhp_get_default_online_type() != MMOP_OFFLINE) {
> > +		int online_type = mhp_get_default_online_type();
> 
> Maybe move the local variable outside the loop to avoid the double call.
> 

ack.  will update for next version w/ Ben's notes and the build fix.

Thanks!
~Gregory