Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] mm/memory_hotplug: Rename walk_memory_range() and pass start+size instead of pfns

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 20.06.19 18:05, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 12:35:18PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> walk_memory_range() was once used to iterate over sections. Now, it
>> iterates over memory blocks. Rename the function, fixup the
>> documentation. Also, pass start+size instead of PFNs, which is what most
>> callers already have at hand. (we'll rework link_mem_sections() most
>> probably soon)
>>
>> Follow-up patches wil rework, simplify, and move walk_memory_blocks() to
>> drivers/base/memory.c.
>>
>> Note: walk_memory_blocks() only works correctly right now if the
>> start_pfn is aligned to a section start. This is the case right now,
>> but we'll generalize the function in a follow up patch so the semantics
>> match the documentation.
>>
>> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
>> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
>> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
>> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
>> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Rashmica Gupta <rashmica.g@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pavel.tatashin@microsoft.com>
>> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
>> Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
>> Cc: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
>> Cc: Arun KS <arunks@codeaurora.org>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c | 22 ++++++++++-----------
>>  drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c            | 19 ++++--------------
>>  drivers/base/node.c                       |  5 +++--
>>  include/linux/memory_hotplug.h            |  2 +-
>>  mm/memory_hotplug.c                       | 24 ++++++++++++-----------
>>  5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c
>> index 5e53c1392d3b..8c82c041afe6 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c
>> @@ -70,23 +70,24 @@ static int change_memblock_state(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
>>  /* called with device_hotplug_lock held */
>>  static bool memtrace_offline_pages(u32 nid, u64 start_pfn, u64 nr_pages)
>>  {
>> +	const unsigned long start = PFN_PHYS(start_pfn);
>> +	const unsigned long size = PFN_PHYS(nr_pages);
>>  	u64 end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages - 1;
> 
> This variable should be removed:
> 
> arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c:75:6: warning: unused variable 'end_pfn' [-Wunused-variable]
>         u64 end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages - 1;
>             ^
> 1 warning generated.
> 
> https://travis-ci.com/ClangBuiltLinux/continuous-integration/jobs/209576737
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 

Indeed, thanks!


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb