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[v1,6/8] vmw_balloon: mark inflated pages PG_offline

Message ID 20181119101616.8901-7-david@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series mm/kdump: allow to exclude pages that are logically offline | expand

Commit Message

David Hildenbrand Nov. 19, 2018, 10:16 a.m. UTC
Mark inflated and never onlined pages PG_offline, to tell the world that
the content is stale and should not be dumped.

Cc: Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@vmware.com>
Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Julien Freche <jfreche@vmware.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

Comments

Nadav Amit Nov. 21, 2018, 3:22 a.m. UTC | #1
Thanks for this patch!

> On Nov 19, 2018, at 2:16 AM, David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Mark inflated and never onlined pages PG_offline, to tell the world that
> the content is stale and should not be dumped.
> 
> Cc: Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@vmware.com>
> Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Julien Freche <jfreche@vmware.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> index e6126a4b95d3..8cc8bd9a4e32 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> @@ -544,6 +544,36 @@ unsigned int vmballoon_page_order(enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
> 	return page_size == VMW_BALLOON_2M_PAGE ? VMW_BALLOON_2M_ORDER : 0;
> }
> 
> +/**
> + * vmballoon_mark_page_offline() - mark a page as offline
> + * @page: pointer for the page

If possible, please add a period at the end of the sentence (yes, I know I
got it wrong in some places too).

> + * @page_size: the size of the page.
> + */
> +static void
> +vmballoon_mark_page_offline(struct page *page,
> +			    enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < 1ULL << vmballoon_page_order(page_size); i++)

Can you please do instead:

	unsigned int;

	for (i = 0; i < vmballoon_page_in_frames(page_size); i++)


> +		__SetPageOffline(page + i);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * vmballoon_mark_page_online() - mark a page as online
> + * @page: pointer for the page
> + * @page_size: the size of the page.
> + */
> +static void
> +vmballoon_mark_page_online(struct page *page,
> +			   enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < 1ULL << vmballoon_page_order(page_size); i++)
> +		__ClearPageOffline(page + i);

Same here (use vmballoon_page_in_frames).

> +}
> +
> /**
>  * vmballoon_page_in_frames() - returns the number of frames in a page.
>  * @page_size: the size of the page.
> @@ -612,6 +642,7 @@ static int vmballoon_alloc_page_list(struct vmballoon *b,
> 					 ctl->page_size);
> 
> 		if (page) {
> +			vmballoon_mark_page_offline(page, ctl->page_size);
> 			/* Success. Add the page to the list and continue. */
> 			list_add(&page->lru, &ctl->pages);
> 			continue;
> @@ -850,6 +881,7 @@ static void vmballoon_release_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> 
> 	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, page_list, lru) {
> 		list_del(&page->lru);
> +		vmballoon_mark_page_online(page, page_size);
> 		__free_pages(page, vmballoon_page_order(page_size));
> 	}

We would like to test it in the next few days, but in the meanwhile, after
you address these minor issues:

Acked-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>

Thanks again,
Nadav
David Hildenbrand Nov. 21, 2018, 8:54 a.m. UTC | #2
On 21.11.18 04:22, Nadav Amit wrote:
> Thanks for this patch!
> 
>> On Nov 19, 2018, at 2:16 AM, David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Mark inflated and never onlined pages PG_offline, to tell the world that
>> the content is stale and should not be dumped.
>>
>> Cc: Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@vmware.com>
>> Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>> Cc: Julien Freche <jfreche@vmware.com>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
>> index e6126a4b95d3..8cc8bd9a4e32 100644
>> --- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
>> +++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
>> @@ -544,6 +544,36 @@ unsigned int vmballoon_page_order(enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
>> 	return page_size == VMW_BALLOON_2M_PAGE ? VMW_BALLOON_2M_ORDER : 0;
>> }
>>
>> +/**
>> + * vmballoon_mark_page_offline() - mark a page as offline
>> + * @page: pointer for the page
> 
> If possible, please add a period at the end of the sentence (yes, I know I
> got it wrong in some places too).

Sure :)

> 
>> + * @page_size: the size of the page.
>> + */
>> +static void
>> +vmballoon_mark_page_offline(struct page *page,
>> +			    enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
>> +{
>> +	int i;
>> +
>> +	for (i = 0; i < 1ULL << vmballoon_page_order(page_size); i++)
> 
> Can you please do instead:
> 
> 	unsigned int;
> 
> 	for (i = 0; i < vmballoon_page_in_frames(page_size); i++)
> 

Will do, will have to move both functions a little bit down in the file
(exactly one function).


> We would like to test it in the next few days, but in the meanwhile, after
> you address these minor issues:
> 
> Acked-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>

Thanks!

> 
> Thanks again,
> Nadav 
>
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index e6126a4b95d3..8cc8bd9a4e32 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -544,6 +544,36 @@  unsigned int vmballoon_page_order(enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
 	return page_size == VMW_BALLOON_2M_PAGE ? VMW_BALLOON_2M_ORDER : 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * vmballoon_mark_page_offline() - mark a page as offline
+ * @page: pointer for the page
+ * @page_size: the size of the page.
+ */
+static void
+vmballoon_mark_page_offline(struct page *page,
+			    enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 1ULL << vmballoon_page_order(page_size); i++)
+		__SetPageOffline(page + i);
+}
+
+/**
+ * vmballoon_mark_page_online() - mark a page as online
+ * @page: pointer for the page
+ * @page_size: the size of the page.
+ */
+static void
+vmballoon_mark_page_online(struct page *page,
+			   enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 1ULL << vmballoon_page_order(page_size); i++)
+		__ClearPageOffline(page + i);
+}
+
 /**
  * vmballoon_page_in_frames() - returns the number of frames in a page.
  * @page_size: the size of the page.
@@ -612,6 +642,7 @@  static int vmballoon_alloc_page_list(struct vmballoon *b,
 					 ctl->page_size);
 
 		if (page) {
+			vmballoon_mark_page_offline(page, ctl->page_size);
 			/* Success. Add the page to the list and continue. */
 			list_add(&page->lru, &ctl->pages);
 			continue;
@@ -850,6 +881,7 @@  static void vmballoon_release_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, page_list, lru) {
 		list_del(&page->lru);
+		vmballoon_mark_page_online(page, page_size);
 		__free_pages(page, vmballoon_page_order(page_size));
 	}