From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Linux MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>,
Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] mm/memory_hotplug: Make unregister_memory_block_under_nodes() never fail
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 06:50:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPcyv4jtS6G_ZqLCdO4gOjS9K2cuX=ywFHemhSb46aQvS8pa8A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1d369ae4-7183-b455-646a-65bbbe697281@redhat.com>
On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 12:22 AM David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>
> >> drivers/base/node.c | 18 +++++-------------
> >> include/linux/node.h | 5 ++---
> >> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
> >> index 04fdfa99b8bc..9be88fd05147 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/base/node.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/base/node.c
> >> @@ -803,20 +803,14 @@ int register_mem_sect_under_node(struct memory_block *mem_blk, void *arg)
> >>
> >> /*
> >> * Unregister memory block device under all nodes that it spans.
> >> + * Has to be called with mem_sysfs_mutex held (due to unlinked_nodes).
> >
> > Given this comment can bitrot relative to the implementation lets
> > instead add an explicit:
> >
> > lockdep_assert_held(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
>
> That would require to make the mutex non-static. Is that what you
> suggest, or any other alternative?
If the concern is other code paths taking the lock when they shouldn't
then you could make a public "lockdep_assert_mem_sysfs_held()" to do
the same, but I otherwise think the benefit of inline lock validation
is worth the price of adding a new non-static symbol.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-08 13:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20190507183804.5512-1-david@redhat.com>
2019-05-07 18:37 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] mm/memory_hotplug: Simplify and fix check_hotplug_memory_range() David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 20:38 ` Dan Williams
2019-05-09 12:23 ` Wei Yang
2019-05-07 18:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] s390x/mm: Implement arch_remove_memory() David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 20:46 ` Dan Williams
2019-05-07 20:47 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 20:57 ` Dan Williams
2019-05-07 21:13 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 18:38 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] mm/memory_hotplug: Create memory block devices after arch_add_memory() David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 21:17 ` Dan Williams
2019-05-07 21:27 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-08 8:35 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-09 12:43 ` Wei Yang
2019-05-09 12:50 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-09 13:55 ` Wei Yang
2019-05-09 14:05 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-09 14:31 ` Wei Yang
2019-05-09 14:58 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-09 21:50 ` Wei Yang
2019-05-09 22:18 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 18:38 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] mm/memory_hotplug: Drop MHP_MEMBLOCK_API David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 21:19 ` Dan Williams
2019-05-07 21:24 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 21:25 ` Dan Williams
2019-05-08 7:39 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-08 23:08 ` osalvador
2019-05-09 7:05 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 18:38 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] mm/memory_hotplug: Remove memory block devices before arch_remove_memory() David Hildenbrand
2019-05-07 21:27 ` Dan Williams
2019-05-07 18:38 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] mm/memory_hotplug: Make unregister_memory_block_under_nodes() never fail David Hildenbrand
2019-05-08 0:15 ` Dan Williams
2019-05-08 7:21 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-05-08 13:50 ` Dan Williams [this message]
2019-05-07 18:38 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] mm/memory_hotplug: Remove "zone" parameter from sparse_remove_one_section David Hildenbrand
2019-05-08 0:30 ` Dan Williams
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