Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: refactor out __alloc_contig_migrate_alloc

From: Wen Congyang
Date: Fri Sep 14 2012 - 02:45:20 EST


At 09/12/2012 09:43 AM, Minchan Kim Wrote:
> __alloc_contig_migrate_alloc can be used by memory-hotplug so
> refactor out(move + rename as a common name) it into
> page_isolation.c.
>
> Cc: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> This patch is intended for preparing next bug fix patch.
>
> include/linux/page-isolation.h | 3 ++-
> mm/page_alloc.c | 14 +-------------
> mm/page_isolation.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/page-isolation.h b/include/linux/page-isolation.h
> index 105077a..1c82261 100644
> --- a/include/linux/page-isolation.h
> +++ b/include/linux/page-isolation.h
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int test_pages_isolated(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn);
> */
> int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page);
> void unset_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, unsigned migratetype);
> -
> +struct page *alloc_migrate_target(struct page *page, unsigned long private,
> + int **resultp);
>
> #endif
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index a4ff74e..6716023 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -5648,18 +5648,6 @@ static unsigned long pfn_max_align_up(unsigned long pfn)
> pageblock_nr_pages));
> }
>
> -static struct page *
> -__alloc_contig_migrate_alloc(struct page *page, unsigned long private,
> - int **resultp)
> -{
> - gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_USER | __GFP_MOVABLE;
> -
> - if (PageHighMem(page))
> - gfp_mask |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;
> -
> - return alloc_page(gfp_mask);
> -}
> -
> /* [start, end) must belong to a single zone. */
> static int __alloc_contig_migrate_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> {
> @@ -5700,7 +5688,7 @@ static int __alloc_contig_migrate_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> }
>
> ret = migrate_pages(&cc.migratepages,
> - __alloc_contig_migrate_alloc,
> + alloc_migrate_target,
> 0, false, MIGRATE_SYNC);
> }
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
> index 247d1f1..6936545 100644
> --- a/mm/page_isolation.c
> +++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
> @@ -233,3 +233,14 @@ int test_pages_isolated(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
> return ret ? 0 : -EBUSY;
> }
> +
> +struct page *alloc_migrate_target(struct page *page, unsigned long private,
> + int **resultp)
> +{
> + gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_USER | __GFP_MOVABLE;
> +
> + if (PageHighMem(page))
> + gfp_mask |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;
> +
> + return alloc_page(gfp_mask);

alloc_page() will use current task's memory policy. If we offline memory like this:
numactl -m n echo offline >/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state # n is page's nid

It may trigger OOM event.

Thanks
Wen Congyang

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