RE: [ RESEND PATCH v3] Memory-Hotplug: Fix the bug on interface/dev/mem for 64-bit kernel

[Zheng, Shaohui]

> 
> 3 points...
> 1. I think this patch cannot be compiled in archs other than x86. Right ?
>    IOW, please add static inline dummy...
> [Zheng, Shaohui] Agree, I will add a static dummy function
> 
> 2. pgdat->[start,end], totalram_pages etc...are updated at memory hotplug.
>    Please place the hook nearby them.
> [Zheng, Shaohui] Agree.
> 
> 3. I recommend you yo use memory hotplug notifier.
>    If it's allowed, it will be cleaner.
>    It seems there are no strict ordering to update parameters this patch touches.
> 
> [Zheng, Shaohui] Kame, do you means put the hook into function slab_mem_going_online_callback, it seems a good idea. If we select this method, we will need not to update these variable in function add_memory explicitly.
> 
yes. I think callback is the best.
[Zheng, Shaohui] Kame, I check the code carefully and write a simple patch, I found the callback will never be executed. The only entrance of this callback is in function online_pages/offline_pages, but I did not found explicit call to these 2 functions. Do we need to add a memory_notify to trigger this callback in function add_memory? 


Thanks,
-Kame

Thanks & Regards,
Shaohui
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