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b=KWij6/rFxZhPb08Fd5cQeSqdb9NnxIVpHITnF7vyFiKxAWp+HWC/jyQzj5elVsUBu dmnVDXU/jFyiglcuByyTVLOqkTEZ4pA0mKzNy2db6J0gwa76GtcoeLFGgra/UaTSAJ 0rODLK8UEbkrwms0easno6yeul4g4zDUUHwXYWfKG/rIyOAxtJp0EOkdaBYirzaynb iaPbXk+XJ1UnwU3kOZVVclXKNzOrjQFxZW2PfvBdvTOcR3NSkQ8DCmCIOhlSzMbejv Q+mRqPNAS9JqSuQVjxOXe1Gb7B3yppHM+YZQK1r7a2j+UNAB9VCha7ncqHdP6qRk9x Troks4MFDnp7w== Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 21:22:37 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] memory,memory_hotplug: allow restricting memory blocks to zone movable To: Gregory Price Cc: hare@suse.de, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com, osalvador@suse.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org, dakr@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, vbabka@suse.cz, rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com References: <20260105203611.4079743-1-gourry@gourry.net> <7f053290-6b9a-4d18-936e-0f28006c79c3@kernel.org> <9575e042-39f4-4f01-80db-34aaaa9312e6@kernel.org> <616f97b7-24e0-4134-a08d-5abaf07a8b09@kernel.org> From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=david@kernel.org; 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Right now, I think you have to do > something like That's what I note below, yes. For the udev vs. ndctl race to be handled in a good way you need add+online be done in one operation. > > daxctl offline-memory ... > daxctl destroy ... > > You can't destroy and have it offline the memory for you in one go IIRC. As noted below, we have offline_and_remove_memory(). I added the comment: /* * Try to offline and remove memory. Might take a long time to finish in case * memory is still in use. Primarily useful for memory devices that logically * unplugged all memory (so it's no longer in use) and want to offline + remove * that memory. */ Nothing speaks against letting dax use that, but the tricky part is that offlining might take forever, so one has to be prepared to handle that (and letting user space cancel the operation). And for dax devices that consist of multiple ranges, it can be "fun" having some regions removed and others not. Something to think about :) -- Cheers David