[PATCH 3/3] memory hotplug: use unified logic for is_removable andoffline_pages

From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Date: Mon Sep 06 2010 - 01:52:33 EST



Now, sysfs interface of memory hotplug shows whether the section is
removable or not. But it checks only migrateype of pages and doesn't
check details of cluster of pages.

Next, memory hotplug's set_migratetype_isolate() has the same kind
of check, too. But the migrate-type is just a "hint" and the pageblock
can contain several types of pages if fragmentation is very heavy.

To get precise information, we need to check
- the pageblock only contains free pages or LRU pages.

This patch adds the function __count_unmovable_pages() and makes
above 2 checks to use the same logic. This will improve user experience
of memory hotplug because sysfs interface tells accurate information.

Note:
it may be better to check MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE for making failure case quick.

Changelog: 2010/09/06
- added comments.
- removed zone->lock.
- changed the name of the function to be is_pageblock_removable_async().
because I removed the zone->lock.

Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 1
mm/memory_hotplug.c | 15 -------
mm/page_alloc.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

Index: kametest/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
--- kametest.orig/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ kametest/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5274,11 +5274,61 @@ void set_pageblock_flags_group(struct pa
* page allocater never alloc memory from ISOLATE block.
*/

+static int __count_immobile_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
+{
+ unsigned long pfn, iter, found;
+ /*
+ * For avoiding noise data, lru_add_drain_all() should be called
+ * If ZONE_MOVABLE, the zone never contains immobile pages
+ */
+ if (zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE)
+ return 0;
+
+ pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
+ for (found = 0, iter = 0; iter < pageblock_nr_pages; iter++) {
+ unsigned long check = pfn + iter;
+
+ if (!pfn_valid_within(check)) {
+ iter++;
+ continue;
+ }
+ page = pfn_to_page(check);
+ if (!page_count(page)) {
+ if (PageBuddy(page))
+ iter += (1 << page_order(page)) - 1;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (!PageLRU(page))
+ found++;
+ /*
+ * If the page is not RAM, page_count()should be 0.
+ * we don't need more check. This is an _used_ not-movable page.
+ *
+ * The problematic thing here is PG_reserved pages. PG_reserved
+ * is set to both of a memory hole page and a _used_ kernel
+ * page at boot.
+ */
+ }
+ return found;
+}
+
+bool is_pageblock_removable_async(struct page *page)
+{
+ struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int num;
+ /* Don't take zone->lock interntionally. */
+ num = __count_immobile_pages(zone, page);
+
+ if (num)
+ return false;
+ return true;
+}
+
int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page)
{
struct zone *zone;
- struct page *curr_page;
- unsigned long flags, pfn, iter;
+ unsigned long flags, pfn;
unsigned long immobile = 0;
struct memory_isolate_notify arg;
int notifier_ret;
@@ -5289,11 +5339,6 @@ int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page
zone_idx = zone_idx(zone);

spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
- if (get_pageblock_migratetype(page) == MIGRATE_MOVABLE ||
- zone_idx == ZONE_MOVABLE) {
- ret = 0;
- goto out;
- }

pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
arg.start_pfn = pfn;
@@ -5315,19 +5360,13 @@ int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page
notifier_ret = notifier_to_errno(notifier_ret);
if (notifier_ret)
goto out;
+ immobile = __count_immobile_pages(zone ,page);

- for (iter = pfn; iter < (pfn + pageblock_nr_pages); iter++) {
- if (!pfn_valid_within(pfn))
- continue;
-
- curr_page = pfn_to_page(iter);
- if (!page_count(curr_page) || PageLRU(curr_page))
- continue;
-
- immobile++;
- }
-
- if (arg.pages_found == immobile)
+ /*
+ * immobile means "not-on-lru" paes. If immobile is larger than
+ * removable-by-driver pages reported by notifier, we'll fail.
+ */
+ if (!immobile || arg.pages_found >= immobile)
ret = 0;

out:
Index: kametest/mm/memory_hotplug.c
===================================================================
--- kametest.orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ kametest/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -602,27 +602,14 @@ static struct page *next_active_pagebloc
/* Checks if this range of memory is likely to be hot-removable. */
int is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
{
- int type;
struct page *page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
struct page *end_page = page + nr_pages;

/* Check the starting page of each pageblock within the range */
for (; page < end_page; page = next_active_pageblock(page)) {
- type = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
-
- /*
- * A pageblock containing MOVABLE or free pages is considered
- * removable
- */
- if (type != MIGRATE_MOVABLE && !pageblock_free(page))
+ if (!is_pageblock_removable_async(page))
return 0;

- /*
- * A pageblock starting with a PageReserved page is not
- * considered removable.
- */
- if (PageReserved(page))
- return 0;
}

/* All pageblocks in the memory block are likely to be hot-removable */
Index: kametest/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
===================================================================
--- kametest.orig/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ kametest/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extern void online_page(struct page *pag
/* VM interface that may be used by firmware interface */
extern int online_pages(unsigned long, unsigned long);
extern void __offline_isolated_pages(unsigned long, unsigned long);
+extern bool is_pageblock_removable_async(struct page *page);

/* reasonably generic interface to expand the physical pages in a zone */
extern int __add_pages(int nid, struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,

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