Re: [PATCH 0/2 v2] Make is_mem_section_removable more conformablewith offlining code

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Fri Sep 03 2010 - 03:55:01 EST


On Fri 03-09-10 12:10:03, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:05:54 +0200
> Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > extern int mem_online_node(int nid);
> > diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > index a4cfcdc..2b736ed 100644
> > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > @@ -569,16 +569,25 @@ out:
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_memory);
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
> > +
> > /*
> > - * A free page on the buddy free lists (not the per-cpu lists) has PageBuddy
> > - * set and the size of the free page is given by page_order(). Using this,
> > - * the function determines if the pageblock contains only free pages.
> > - * Due to buddy contraints, a free page at least the size of a pageblock will
> > - * be located at the start of the pageblock
> > + * A free or LRU pages block are removable
> > + * Do not use MIGRATE_MOVABLE because it can be insufficient and
> > + * other MIGRATE types are tricky.
> > */
> > -static inline int pageblock_free(struct page *page)
> > -{
> > - return PageBuddy(page) && page_order(page) >= pageblock_order;
> > +bool is_page_removable(struct page *page)
> > +{
> > + int page_block = 1 << pageblock_order;
> > + while (page_block > 0) {
> > + if (PageBuddy(page)) {
> > + page_block -= page_order(page);
> > + } else if (PageLRU(page))
> > + page_block--;
> > + else
> > + return false;
> > + }
>
> still seems wrong..."page" pointer should be updated.

You are right. I should have double checked that (never send patches
before leaving from the office...).

--
Michal Hocko
L3 team
SUSE LINUX s.r.o.
Lihovarska 1060/12
190 00 Praha 9
Czech Republic
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/