Messages in this thread | | | From | KOSAKI Motohiro <> | Date | Sun, 26 May 2013 10:59:46 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mm/memory-hotplug: fix lowmem count overflow when offline pages |
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> Hi KOSAKI, > Could you please help to give more information on the background > about why 32bit platforms with highmem can't support memory hot-removal?
It doesn't impossible. Just nobody did. I was playing these code as a maintainer a while and I saw all of patches doesn't handle highmem correctly. But I didn't refuse because I know it's not a regression.
> We are trying to enable memory hot-removal on some 32bit platforms with > highmem, really appreciate your help here!
But, if you guys have a strong motivation, it's a very good news. I have no objection not to mark it broken and accept your contributions.
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