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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1] drivers/base/memory: clarify adding and removing of memory blocks
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 04:45:31PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Let's make it clearer at which places we actually add and remove memory
> blocks -- streamlining the terminology -- and highlight which memory
> block start out online and which start out as offline.
>
> * rename add_memory_block -> add_boot_memory_block
> * rename init_memory_block -> add_memory_block
> * rename unregister_memory -> remove_memory_block
> * rename register_memory -> __add_memory_block
> * add add_hotplug_memory_block
> * mark add_boot_memory_block with __init (suggested by Oscar)
>
> __add_memory_block() is a pure helper for add_memory_block(), remove
> the somewhat obvious comment.
>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

Thanks for doing this, it makes the code much more clear.

Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>

> ---
>
> Based on v5.17-rc5 and:
> [PATCH v2 0/2] drivers/base/memory: determine and store zone for
> single-zone memory blocks [1]

Maybe just my thing, but I also had to pull in [1] in order to apply
this error-free.

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mm/patch/20220128144540.153902-1-david@redhat.com/


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Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs

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