Thread (37 messages) 37 messages, 5 authors, 2012-07-02

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/12] memory-hotplug : rename remove_memory to offline_memory

From: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Date: 2012-06-27 06:10:38
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2012, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
remove_memory() does not remove memory but just offlines memory. The patch
changes name of it to offline_memory().
The kernel is never going to physically remove the memory itself, so I 
don't see the big problem with calling it remove_memory().  If you're 
going to change it to offline_memory(), which is just as good but not 
better, then I'd suggest changing add_memory() to online_memory() for 
completeness.

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