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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/memory.c23
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 90225ffee501..f8fd562c3f18 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -685,14 +685,6 @@ static int add_memory_block(int base_section_nr)
return 0;
}
-static bool is_zone_device_section(struct mem_section *ms)
-{
- struct page *page;
-
- page = sparse_decode_mem_map(ms->section_mem_map, __section_nr(ms));
- return is_zone_device_page(page);
-}
-
/*
* need an interface for the VM to add new memory regions,
* but without onlining it.
@@ -702,9 +694,6 @@ int register_new_memory(int nid, struct mem_section *section)
int ret = 0;
struct memory_block *mem;
- if (is_zone_device_section(section))
- return 0;
-
mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
mem = find_memory_block(section);
@@ -741,11 +730,16 @@ static int remove_memory_section(unsigned long node_id,
{
struct memory_block *mem;
- if (is_zone_device_section(section))
- return 0;
-
mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
+
+ /*
+ * Some users of the memory hotplug do not want/need memblock to
+ * track all sections. Skip over those.
+ */
mem = find_memory_block(section);
+ if (!mem)
+ goto out_unlock;
+
unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(mem, __section_nr(section));
mem->section_count--;
@@ -754,6 +748,7 @@ static int remove_memory_section(unsigned long node_id,
else
put_device(&mem->dev);
+out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
return 0;
}