20 Aug 2012 11:35
[RFC V7 PATCH 00/19] memory-hotplug: hot-remove physical memory
<wency <at> cn.fujitsu.com>
2012-08-20 09:35:23 GMT
2012-08-20 09:35:23 GMT
From: Wen Congyang <wency <at> cn.fujitsu.com>
This patch series aims to support physical memory hot-remove.
The patches can free/remove the following things:
- acpi_memory_info : [RFC PATCH 4/19]
- /sys/firmware/memmap/X/{end, start, type} : [RFC PATCH 8/19]
- iomem_resource : [RFC PATCH 9/19]
- mem_section and related sysfs files : [RFC PATCH 10-11, 13-16/19]
- page table of removed memory : [RFC PATCH 12/19]
- node and related sysfs files : [RFC PATCH 18-19/19]
If you find lack of function for physical memory hot-remove, please let me
know.
Known problems:
1. memory can't be offlined when CONFIG_MEMCG is selected.
change log of v7:
[RFC PATCH v7 4/19]
* do not continue if acpi_memory_device_remove_memory() fails.
[RFC PATCH v7 15/19]
* handle usemap in register_page_bootmem_info_section() too.
change log of v6:
[RFC PATCH v6 12/19]
* fix building error on other archtitectures than x86
[RFC PATCH v6 15-16/19]
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