Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] powerpc/mm: allow memory hotplug into a memoryless node

From
Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
Date
2016-10-20 03:31:07
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Reply to
Reza Arbab, 2016-10-06

On 07/10/16 05:36, Reza Arbab wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Remove the check which prevents us from hotplugging into an empty node.

This limitation has been questioned before [1], and judging by the
response, there doesn't seem to be a reason we can't remove it. No issues
have been found in light testing.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAGZKiBrmkSa1yyhbf5hwGxubcjsE5SmkSMY4tpANERMe2UG4bg@mail.gmail.com
    http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160511215051.GF22115@arbab-laptop.austin.ibm.com

Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <redacted>
Acked-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
Cc: Nathan Fontenot <redacted>
Cc: Bharata B Rao <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c | 13 +------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index 75b9cd6..d7ac419 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ static int hot_add_node_scn_to_nid(unsigned long scn_addr)
 int hot_add_scn_to_nid(unsigned long scn_addr)
 {
 	struct device_node *memory = NULL;
-	int nid, found = 0;
+	int nid;
 
 	if (!numa_enabled || (min_common_depth < 0))
 		return first_online_node;
@@ -1137,17 +1137,6 @@ int hot_add_scn_to_nid(unsigned long scn_addr)
 	if (nid < 0 || !node_online(nid))
 		nid = first_online_node;
 
-	if (NODE_DATA(nid)->node_spanned_pages)
-		return nid;
-
-	for_each_online_node(nid) {
-		if (NODE_DATA(nid)->node_spanned_pages) {
-			found = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	BUG_ON(!found);
 	return nid;
FYI, these checks were temporary to begin with

I found this in git history

b226e462124522f2f23153daff31c311729dfa2f (powerpc: don't add memory to empty node/zone)

Balbir Singh.
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