Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm/memory_hotplug: remove obsolete comment of __add_pages

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Feb 07 2022 - 09:46:22 EST


On 07.02.22 14:36, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> Since commit f1dd2cd13c4b ("mm, memory_hotplug: do not associate hotadded
> memory to zones until online"), there is no need to pass in the zone.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index a4f69d399929..cbc67c27e0dd 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -296,10 +296,7 @@ struct page *pfn_to_online_page(unsigned long pfn)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pfn_to_online_page);
>
> /*
> - * Reasonably generic function for adding memory. It is
> - * expected that archs that support memory hotplug will
> - * call this function after deciding the zone to which to
> - * add the new pages.
> + * Reasonably generic function for adding memory.
> */
> int __ref __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
> struct mhp_params *params)

I'd suggest just removing the comment completely.

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb