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[v2,5/5] mm/memory_hotplug: update comment regarding zone shuffling

Message ID 20201005121534.15649-6-david@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable, archived
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Series mm: place pages to the freelist tail when onlining and undoing isolation | expand

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David Hildenbrand Oct. 5, 2020, 12:15 p.m. UTC
As we no longer shuffle via generic_online_page() and when undoing
isolation, we can simplify the comment.

We now effectively shuffle only once (properly) when onlining new
memory.

Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
---
 mm/memory_hotplug.c | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Comments

Vlastimil Babka Oct. 20, 2020, 5:21 p.m. UTC | #1
On 10/5/20 2:15 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> As we no longer shuffle via generic_online_page() and when undoing
> isolation, we can simplify the comment.
> 
> We now effectively shuffle only once (properly) when onlining new
> memory.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>

> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
> Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> ---
>   mm/memory_hotplug.c | 11 ++++-------
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index 03a00cb68bf7..b44d4c7ba73b 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -858,13 +858,10 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>   	undo_isolate_page_range(pfn, pfn + nr_pages, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
>   
>   	/*
> -	 * When exposing larger, physically contiguous memory areas to the
> -	 * buddy, shuffling in the buddy (when freeing onlined pages, putting
> -	 * them either to the head or the tail of the freelist) is only helpful
> -	 * for maintaining the shuffle, but not for creating the initial
> -	 * shuffle. Shuffle the whole zone to make sure the just onlined pages
> -	 * are properly distributed across the whole freelist. Make sure to
> -	 * shuffle once pageblocks are no longer isolated.
> +	 * Freshly onlined pages aren't shuffled (e.g., all pages are placed to
> +	 * the tail of the freelist when undoing isolation). Shuffle the whole
> +	 * zone to make sure the just onlined pages are properly distributed
> +	 * across the whole freelist - to create an initial shuffle.
>   	 */
>   	shuffle_zone(zone);
>   
>
Pankaj Gupta Oct. 21, 2020, 10:58 a.m. UTC | #2
> As we no longer shuffle via generic_online_page() and when undoing
> isolation, we can simplify the comment.
>
> We now effectively shuffle only once (properly) when onlining new
> memory.
>
> Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
> Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> ---
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c | 11 ++++-------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index 03a00cb68bf7..b44d4c7ba73b 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -858,13 +858,10 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>         undo_isolate_page_range(pfn, pfn + nr_pages, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
>
>         /*
> -        * When exposing larger, physically contiguous memory areas to the
> -        * buddy, shuffling in the buddy (when freeing onlined pages, putting
> -        * them either to the head or the tail of the freelist) is only helpful
> -        * for maintaining the shuffle, but not for creating the initial
> -        * shuffle. Shuffle the whole zone to make sure the just onlined pages
> -        * are properly distributed across the whole freelist. Make sure to
> -        * shuffle once pageblocks are no longer isolated.
> +        * Freshly onlined pages aren't shuffled (e.g., all pages are placed to
> +        * the tail of the freelist when undoing isolation). Shuffle the whole
> +        * zone to make sure the just onlined pages are properly distributed
> +        * across the whole freelist - to create an initial shuffle.
>          */
>         shuffle_zone(zone);
>

Acked-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 03a00cb68bf7..b44d4c7ba73b 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -858,13 +858,10 @@  int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	undo_isolate_page_range(pfn, pfn + nr_pages, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
 
 	/*
-	 * When exposing larger, physically contiguous memory areas to the
-	 * buddy, shuffling in the buddy (when freeing onlined pages, putting
-	 * them either to the head or the tail of the freelist) is only helpful
-	 * for maintaining the shuffle, but not for creating the initial
-	 * shuffle. Shuffle the whole zone to make sure the just onlined pages
-	 * are properly distributed across the whole freelist. Make sure to
-	 * shuffle once pageblocks are no longer isolated.
+	 * Freshly onlined pages aren't shuffled (e.g., all pages are placed to
+	 * the tail of the freelist when undoing isolation). Shuffle the whole
+	 * zone to make sure the just onlined pages are properly distributed
+	 * across the whole freelist - to create an initial shuffle.
 	 */
 	shuffle_zone(zone);