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Subject[PATCH 0/4] acpi,memory-hotplug : implement framework for hot removing memory
We are trying to implement a physical memory hot removing function as
following thread.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/5/201

But there is not enough review to merge into linux kernel.

I think there are following blockades.
1. no physical memory hot removable system
2. huge patch-set

If you have a KVM system, we can get rid of 1st blockade. Because
applying following patch, we can create memory hot removable system
on KVM guest.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-07/msg01389.html

2nd blockade is own problem. So we try to divide huge patch into
a small patch in each function as follows:

- bug fix
- acpi framework
- kernel core

We had already sent bug fix patches.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/27/39
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/2/83

The patch-set implements a framework for hot removing memory.

The memory device can be removed by 2 ways:
1. send eject request by SCI
2. echo 1 >/sys/bus/pci/devices/PNP0C80:XX/eject

In the 1st case, acpi_memory_disable_device() will be called.
In the 2nd case, acpi_memory_device_remove() will be called.
acpi_memory_device_remove() will also be called when we unbind the
memory device from the driver acpi_memhotplug.

acpi_memory_disable_device() has already implemented a code which
offlines memory and releases acpi_memory_info struct . But
acpi_memory_device_remove() has not implemented it yet.

So the patch prepares the framework for hot removing memory and
adds the framework intoacpi_memory_device_remove(). And it prepares
remove_memory(). But the function does nothing because we cannot
support memory hot remove.



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