memory_hotplug: make zone_can_shift() return a boolean value
online_{kernel|movable} is used to change the memory zone to ZONE_{NORMAL|MOVABLE} and online the memory. To check that memory zone can be changed, zone_can_shift() is used. Currently the function returns minus integer value, plus integer value and 0. When the function returns minus or plus integer value, it means that the memory zone can be changed to ZONE_{NORNAL|MOVABLE}. But when the function returns 0, there are two meanings. One of the meanings is that the memory zone does not need to be changed. For example, when memory is in ZONE_NORMAL and onlined by online_kernel the memory zone does not need to be changed. Another meaning is that the memory zone cannot be changed. When memory is in ZONE_NORMAL and onlined by online_movable, the memory zone may not be changed to ZONE_MOVALBE due to memory online limitation(see Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt). In this case, memory must not be onlined. The patch changes the return type of zone_can_shift() so that memory online operation fails when memory zone cannot be changed as follows: Before applying patch: # grep -A 35 "Node 2" /proc/zoneinfo Node 2, zone Normal <snip> node_scanned 0 spanned 8388608 present 7864320 managed 7864320 # echo online_movable > memory4097/state # grep -A 35 "Node 2" /proc/zoneinfo Node 2, zone Normal <snip> node_scanned 0 spanned 8388608 present 8388608 managed 8388608 online_movable operation succeeded. But memory is onlined as ZONE_NORMAL, not ZONE_MOVABLE. After applying patch: # grep -A 35 "Node 2" /proc/zoneinfo Node 2, zone Normal <snip> node_scanned 0 spanned 8388608 present 7864320 managed 7864320 # echo online_movable > memory4097/state bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument # grep -A 35 "Node 2" /proc/zoneinfo Node 2, zone Normal <snip> node_scanned 0 spanned 8388608 present 7864320 managed 7864320 online_movable operation failed because of failure of changing the memory zone from ZONE_NORMAL to ZONE_MOVABLE Fixes: df429ac0 ("memory-hotplug: more general validation of zone during online") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2f9c3837-33d7-b6e5-59c0-6ca4372b2d84@gmail.com Signed-off-by:Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by:
Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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