Re: [PATCH v1] virtio-mem: add memory via add_memory_driver_managed()

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 01:33:04PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
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>     Am 11.06.2020 um 13:18 schrieb Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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>     On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 01:00:24PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
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>                 I'd like to have this patch in 5.8, with the initial merge of
>                 virtio-mem
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>                 if possible (so the user space representation of virtio-mem
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>                 resources won't change anymore).
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>             So my plan is to rebase on top of -rc1 and merge this for rc2 then.
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>             I don't like rebase on top of tip as the results are sometimes kind
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>         Right, I just wanted to get this out early so we can discuss how to
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>             And let's add a Fixes: tag as well, this way people will remember
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>             pick this.
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>             Makes sense?
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>         Yes, it's somehow a fix (for kexec). So
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>         Fixes: 5f1f79bbc9e26 ("virtio-mem: Paravirtualized memory hotplug")
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>         I can respin after -rc1 with the commit id fixed as noted by Pankaj.
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>         Just let me know what you prefer.
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>         Thanks!
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>     Some once this commit is in Linus' tree, please ping me.
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> It already is as mentioned, only the id was wrong.
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> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=
> 7b7b27214bba1966772f9213cd2d8e5d67f8487f

OK I pushed this into next based on tip. Let's see what happens.


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>         Thanks,
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>         David / dhildenb
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