Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: replace memmap_context by memplug_context

[Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com>]

Le 14/09/2020 à 10:49, Michal Hocko a écrit :
> On Fri 11-09-20 15:48:29, Laurent Dufour wrote:
>> The memmap_context is used to detect whether a memory operation is due to a
>> hot-add operation or happening at boot time.
>>
>> Makes it general to the hotplug operation, renaming it at memplug_context
>> and move its define in the corresponding header.
>>
>> There is no functional change introduced by this patch
> 
> I do not want to nit picking on naming but we want to look at this from
> the initialization POV rather than hotplug. So....
>>
>> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com>
> [...]
>> diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> index 375515803cd8..cd2bd21d3a4d 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> @@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ struct memory_block;
>>   struct resource;
>>   struct vmem_altmap;
>>   
>> +/*
>> + * Memory plugin context, use to differentiate memory added at boot time and
>> + * hot-plugged memory.
>> + */
>> +enum memplug_context {
>> +	MEMPLUG_EARLY,
>> +	MEMPLUG_HOTPLUG,
>> +};
> 
> /*
>   * Memory initialization context, use to differentiate memory added by
>   * the platform statically or via memory hotplug interface.
>   */
> enum meminit_context {
> 	MEMINIT_EARLY,
> 	MEMINIT_HOTPLUG
> }
> 

Sounds good too.
What about its definition's place, in include/mm/zone.h as David suggested ?