Re: [PATCH v6 4/5] mm/sparse: Optimize memmap allocation during sparse_init()

[Oscar Salvador]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 08:12:04AM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> > > +             if (nr_consumed_maps >= nr_present_sections) {
> > > +                     pr_err("nr_consumed_maps goes beyond nr_present_sections\n");
> > > +                     break;
> > > +             }
> >
> > Hi Baoquan,
> >
> > I am sure I am missing something here, but is this check really needed?
> >
> > I mean, for_each_present_section_nr() only returns the section nr if the section
> > has been marked as SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT.
> > That happens in memory_present(), where now we also increment nr_present_sections whenever
> > we find a present section.
> >
> > So, for_each_present_section_nr() should return the same nr of section as nr_present_sections.
> > Since we only increment nr_consumed_maps once in the loop, I am not so sure we can
> > go beyond nr_present_sections.
> >
> > Did I overlook something?
> 
> You did not, this is basically a safety check. A BUG_ON() would be
> better here. As, this something that should really not happening, and
> would mean a bug in the current project.

I think we would be better off having a BUG_ON() there.
Otherwise the system can go sideways later on. 

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Oscar Salvador
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