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[1/4] mm/memory_hotplug: remove obsolete comment of __add_pages

Message ID 20220207133643.23427-2-linmiaohe@huawei.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series A few cleanup patches around memory_hotplug | expand

Commit Message

Miaohe Lin Feb. 7, 2022, 1:36 p.m. UTC
Since commit f1dd2cd13c4b ("mm, memory_hotplug: do not associate hotadded
memory to zones until online"), there is no need to pass in the zone.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
---
 mm/memory_hotplug.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

David Hildenbrand Feb. 7, 2022, 2:41 p.m. UTC | #1
On 07.02.22 14:36, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> Since commit f1dd2cd13c4b ("mm, memory_hotplug: do not associate hotadded
> memory to zones until online"), there is no need to pass in the zone.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
> ---
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c | 5 +----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index a4f69d399929..cbc67c27e0dd 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -296,10 +296,7 @@ struct page *pfn_to_online_page(unsigned long pfn)
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pfn_to_online_page);
>  
>  /*
> - * Reasonably generic function for adding memory.  It is
> - * expected that archs that support memory hotplug will
> - * call this function after deciding the zone to which to
> - * add the new pages.
> + * Reasonably generic function for adding memory.
>   */
>  int __ref __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>  		struct mhp_params *params)

I'd suggest just removing the comment completely.
Andrew Morton Feb. 7, 2022, 8:12 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 15:41:21 +0100 David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 07.02.22 14:36, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> > Since commit f1dd2cd13c4b ("mm, memory_hotplug: do not associate hotadded
> > memory to zones until online"), there is no need to pass in the zone.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
> > ---
> >  mm/memory_hotplug.c | 5 +----
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > index a4f69d399929..cbc67c27e0dd 100644
> > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > @@ -296,10 +296,7 @@ struct page *pfn_to_online_page(unsigned long pfn)
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pfn_to_online_page);
> >  
> >  /*
> > - * Reasonably generic function for adding memory.  It is
> > - * expected that archs that support memory hotplug will
> > - * call this function after deciding the zone to which to
> > - * add the new pages.
> > + * Reasonably generic function for adding memory.
> >   */
> >  int __ref __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
> >  		struct mhp_params *params)
> 
> I'd suggest just removing the comment completely.

Thanks, I made that change.

A better site for documentation is at add_memory().  Which, as a
full-on exported-to-modules API function, should really have some
docs...
Oscar Salvador Feb. 8, 2022, 10:15 a.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 09:36:40PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> Since commit f1dd2cd13c4b ("mm, memory_hotplug: do not associate hotadded
> memory to zones until online"), there is no need to pass in the zone.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>

Yeah, I am with David here, "Reasonably generic function for adding
memory" does not really tell me much about that function.
Miaohe Lin Feb. 8, 2022, 10:56 a.m. UTC | #4
On 2022/2/8 18:15, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 09:36:40PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>> Since commit f1dd2cd13c4b ("mm, memory_hotplug: do not associate hotadded
>> memory to zones until online"), there is no need to pass in the zone.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
> 
> Yeah, I am with David here, "Reasonably generic function for adding
> memory" does not really tell me much about that function.
>  

Agree with you. And Andrew have kindly made that change.
Many thanks for your review. :)
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diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index a4f69d399929..cbc67c27e0dd 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -296,10 +296,7 @@  struct page *pfn_to_online_page(unsigned long pfn)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pfn_to_online_page);
 
 /*
- * Reasonably generic function for adding memory.  It is
- * expected that archs that support memory hotplug will
- * call this function after deciding the zone to which to
- * add the new pages.
+ * Reasonably generic function for adding memory.
  */
 int __ref __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		struct mhp_params *params)