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From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
To: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: wency@cn.fujitsu.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rientjes@google.com,
	liuj97@gmail.com, len.brown@intel.com, benh@kernel.crashing.org,
	paulus@samba.org, minchan.kim@gmail.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] memory-hotplug: add node_device_release
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:55:22 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5065740A.2000502@jp.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHGf_=r+oz0GS137e81EySbN-3KVmQisF8sySiCUYUas1RZLtQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Kosaki-san,

2012/09/28 10:37, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>>> Moreover, your explanation is still insufficient. Even if
>>> node_device_release() is empty function, we can get rid of the
>>> warning.
>>
>>
>> I don't understand it. How can we get rid of the warning?
>
> See cpu_device_release() for example.

If we implement a function like cpu_device_release(), the warning
disappears. But the comment says in the function "Never copy this way...".
So I think it is illegal way.

>
>
>
>>> Why do we need this node_device_release() implementation?
>>
>> I think that this is a manner of releasing object related kobject.
>
> No.  Usually we never call memset() from release callback.
>

What we want to release is a part of array, not a pointer.
Therefore, there is only this way instead of kfree().

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu


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From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
To: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>, <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <rientjes@google.com>,
	<liuj97@gmail.com>, <len.brown@intel.com>,
	<benh@kernel.crashing.org>, <paulus@samba.org>,
	<minchan.kim@gmail.com>, <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] memory-hotplug: add node_device_release
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:55:22 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5065740A.2000502@jp.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHGf_=r+oz0GS137e81EySbN-3KVmQisF8sySiCUYUas1RZLtQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Kosaki-san,

2012/09/28 10:37, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>>> Moreover, your explanation is still insufficient. Even if
>>> node_device_release() is empty function, we can get rid of the
>>> warning.
>>
>>
>> I don't understand it. How can we get rid of the warning?
>
> See cpu_device_release() for example.

If we implement a function like cpu_device_release(), the warning
disappears. But the comment says in the function "Never copy this way...".
So I think it is illegal way.

>
>
>
>>> Why do we need this node_device_release() implementation?
>>
>> I think that this is a manner of releasing object related kobject.
>
> No.  Usually we never call memset() from release callback.
>

What we want to release is a part of array, not a pointer.
Therefore, there is only this way instead of kfree().

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu



  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-28  9:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-27  5:45 [PATCH 0/4] bugfix for memory hotplug wency
2012-09-27  5:45 ` wency
2012-09-27  5:45 ` [PATCH 1/4] memory-hotplug: add memory_block_release wency
2012-09-27  5:45   ` wency
2012-09-27 10:20   ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-28  0:24     ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  0:24       ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  1:35       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28  1:35         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28  3:45         ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  3:45           ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  6:04           ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-28  6:04             ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-28  6:11             ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  6:11               ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  6:14           ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-28  6:14             ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-28 22:30           ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28 22:30             ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-27 20:11   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-27 20:11     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-27  5:45 ` [PATCH 2/4] memory-hotplug: add node_device_release wency
2012-09-27  5:45   ` wency
2012-09-27 10:38   ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-27 10:38     ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-27 20:13   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-27 20:13     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28  0:07     ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  0:07       ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  1:13       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28  1:13         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28  1:30         ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  1:30           ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28  1:37           ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28  1:37             ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28  9:55             ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu [this message]
2012-09-28  9:55               ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-09-28 22:19               ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28 22:19                 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-10-01  6:54                 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-10-01  6:54                   ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-10-01 18:12                   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-10-01 18:12                     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-10-05  1:00                     ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-10-05  1:00                       ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2012-10-05 18:39                       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-10-05 18:39                         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-27  5:45 ` [PATCH 3/4] memory-hotplug: clear hwpoisoned flag when onlining pages wency
2012-09-27  5:45   ` wency
2012-09-27 12:27   ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-27 12:27     ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-27 20:17   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-27 20:17     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-28  1:53     ` Wen Congyang
2012-09-28  1:53       ` Wen Congyang
2012-09-27  5:45 ` [PATCH 4/4] memory-hotplug: auto offline page_cgroup when onlining memory block failed wency
2012-09-27  5:45   ` wency
2012-09-27 12:44   ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-27 12:44     ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-27 20:19   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-27 20:19     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2012-09-27 21:18 ` [PATCH 0/4] bugfix for memory hotplug Andrew Morton
2012-09-27 21:18   ` Andrew Morton
2012-09-29  2:31 ` Ni zhan Chen
2012-09-29  2:31   ` Ni zhan Chen

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