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init_currently_empty_zone() will adjust pgdat->nr_zones and set it to
'zone_idx(zone) + 1' unconditionally.  This is correct in the normal
case, while not exact in hot-plug situation.

This function is used in two places:

  * free_area_init_core()
  * move_pfn_range_to_zone()

In the first case, we are sure zone index increase monotonically.  While
in the second one, this is under users control.

One way to reproduce this is:
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1. create a virtual machine with empty node1

   -m 4G,slots=32,maxmem=32G \
   -smp 4,maxcpus=8          \
   -numa node,nodeid=0,mem=4G,cpus=0-3 \
   -numa node,nodeid=1,mem=0G,cpus=4-7

2. hot-add cpu 3-7

   cpu-add [3-7]

2. hot-add memory to nod1

   object_add memory-backend-ram,id=ram0,size=1G
   device_add pc-dimm,id=dimm0,memdev=ram0,node=1

3. online memory with following order

   echo online_movable > memory47/state
   echo online > memory40/state

After this, node1 will have its nr_zones ...