Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] mm/page_alloc: Only call pgdat_set_deferred_range when the system boots

[Oscar Salvador]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:27:44AM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:03 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am not really sure. I am not a big fan of SYSTEM_BOOTING global
> > thingy so I would rather not spread its usage.
> 
> I agree, I do not think this patch is necessary. Calling
> pgdat_set_deferred_range() does not hurt in hotplug context, and it is
> cheap too. SYSTEM_BOOTING sometimes useful, but it is better to use it
> only where necessary, where without this "if" we will encounter some
> bugs.

Ok, let us drop it then ;-).

Thanks
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Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3