[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 1/2] memory-hotplug: add automatic onlining policy for the newly added memory
David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2016, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote: > >> > My suggestion is to just simply document that auto-onlining can add the >> > memory but fail to online it and the failure is silent to userspace. If >> > userspace cares, it can check the online status of the added memory blocks >> > itself. >> >> The problem is not only that it's silent, but also that >> /sys/devices/system/memory/*/state will lie as we create all memory >> blocks in MEM_ONLINE state and from online_pages() error we can't figure >> out which particular block failed. 'v5' which I sent yesterday is >> supposed to fix the issue (blocks are onlined with >> memory_block_change_state() which handles failures. >> > > Would you mind documenting that in the memory-hotplug.txt as an add-on > patch to your v5, which appears ready to go? Sure, I'll mention possible failures diring automatic onlining. It seems v5 wasn't picked by Andrew and I also have one nitpick in PATCH 2 to address so I'll send v6. Thanks, -- Vitaly _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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