Re: [Patch]Fix spanned_pages is not updated at a case of memory hot-add.

From: Yasunori Goto
Date: Tue May 23 2006 - 21:18:29 EST


> I really don't like the idea of having this variable called "new_"
> something. That implies that this is what the new end_pfn is going to
> be. The *new* one. In reality, it is what it _might_ have been. How
> about "tmp_zone_end_pfn"?
>
> This practice of dealing with spanned_pages is a real pain.
>
> I generally try to avoid max/min in code, but this struck me as possibly
> being useful. Do you find this easier to read, or your patch?

Ah, I think using max is better due to smaller code, indeed.

>
> diff -puN mm/memory_hotplug.c~fix-spanned-pages mm/memory_hotplug.c
> --- work/mm/memory_hotplug.c~fix-spanned-pages 2006-05-23 09:04:31.000000000 -0700
> +++ work-dave/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2006-05-23 09:22:18.000000000 -0700
> @@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ static void grow_zone_span(struct zone *
> if (start_pfn < zone->zone_start_pfn)
> zone->zone_start_pfn = start_pfn;
>
> - if (end_pfn > old_zone_end_pfn)
> - zone->spanned_pages = end_pfn - zone->zone_start_pfn;
> + zone->spanned_pages = max(old_zone_end_pfn, end_pfn) -
> + zone->zone_start_pfn);
^
this parentheses is redundant. :-)

Could you fix and repost it? Or should I?

--
Yasunori Goto


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