When calling remove_memory(), the memory should be offline. If the function is used to online memory, kernel panic may occur.
So the patch checks whether memory is offline or not. CC: David Rientjes <rient...@google.com> CC: Jiang Liu <liu...@gmail.com> CC: Len Brown <len.br...@intel.com> CC: Christoph Lameter <c...@linux.com> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan....@gmail.com> CC: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motoh...@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <we...@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasu...@jp.fujitsu.com> --- drivers/base/memory.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/memory.h | 5 +++++ mm/memory_hotplug.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-3.6/drivers/base/memory.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.6.orig/drivers/base/memory.c 2012-10-04 14:22:57.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-3.6/drivers/base/memory.c 2012-10-04 14:45:46.653585860 +0900 @@ -70,6 +70,45 @@ void unregister_memory_isolate_notifier( } EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_memory_isolate_notifier); +bool is_memblk_offline(unsigned long start, unsigned long size) +{ + struct memory_block *mem = NULL; + struct mem_section *section; + unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn; + unsigned long pfn, section_nr; + + start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(start); + end_pfn = PFN_UP(start + size); + + for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) { + section_nr = pfn_to_section_nr(pfn); + if (!present_section_nr(section_nr)) + continue; + + section = __nr_to_section(section_nr); + /* same memblock? */ + if (mem) + if ((section_nr >= mem->start_section_nr) && + (section_nr <= mem->end_section_nr)) + continue; + + mem = find_memory_block_hinted(section, mem); + if (!mem) + continue; + if (mem->state == MEM_OFFLINE) + continue; + + kobject_put(&mem->dev.kobj); + return false; + } + + if (mem) + kobject_put(&mem->dev.kobj); + + return true; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(is_memblk_offline); + /* * register_memory - Setup a sysfs device for a memory block */ Index: linux-3.6/include/linux/memory.h =================================================================== --- linux-3.6.orig/include/linux/memory.h 2012-10-02 18:00:22.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-3.6/include/linux/memory.h 2012-10-04 14:44:40.902581028 +0900 @@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ static inline int memory_isolate_notify( { return 0; } +static inline bool is_memblk_offline(unsigned long start, unsigned long size) +{ + return false; +} #else extern int register_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); extern void unregister_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); @@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ extern int memory_isolate_notify(unsigne extern struct memory_block *find_memory_block_hinted(struct mem_section *, struct memory_block *); extern struct memory_block *find_memory_block(struct mem_section *); +extern bool is_memblk_offline(unsigned long start, unsigned long size); #define CONFIG_MEM_BLOCK_SIZE (PAGES_PER_SECTION<<PAGE_SHIFT) enum mem_add_context { BOOT, HOTPLUG }; #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE */ Index: linux-3.6/mm/memory_hotplug.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.6.orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-10-04 14:31:08.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-3.6/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-10-04 14:58:22.449687986 +0900 @@ -1045,8 +1045,21 @@ int offline_memory(u64 start, u64 size) int remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size) { - /* It is not implemented yet*/ - return 0; + int ret = 0; + lock_memory_hotplug(); + /* + * The memory might become online by other task, even if you offine it. + * So we check whether the memory has been onlined or not. + */ + if (!is_memblk_offline(start, size)) { + pr_warn("memory removing [mem %#010llx-%#010llx] failed, " + "because the memmory range is online\n", + start, start + size); + ret = -EAGAIN; + } + + unlock_memory_hotplug(); + return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_memory); #else -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/