powerpc/pseries: remove obsolete memory hotplug DT notifier code
pseries_update_drconf_memory() runs from a DT notifier in response to an update to the ibm,dynamic-memory property of the /ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory node. This property is an older less compact format than the ibm,dynamic-memory-v2 property used in most currently supported firmwares. There has never been an equivalent function for the v2 property. pseries_update_drconf_memory() compares the 'assigned' flag for each LMB in the old vs new properties and adds or removes the block accordingly. However it appears to be of no actual utility: * Partition suspension and PRRNs are specified only to change LMBs' NUMA affinity information. This notifier should be a no-op for those scenarios since the assigned flags should not change. * The memory hotplug/DLPAR path has a hack which short-circuits execution of the notifier: dlpar_memory() ... rtas_hp_event = true; drmem_update_dt() of_update_property() pseries_memory_notifier() pseries_update_drconf_memory() if (rtas_hp_event) return; So this code only makes sense as a relic of the time when more of the DLPAR workflow took place in user space. I don't see a purpose for it now. Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200612051238.1007764-19-nathanl@linux.ibm.com
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