Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] mm/memory_hotplug: simplify page offlining

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Fri Sep 04 2020 - 01:48:00 EST




> Am 03.09.2020 um 23:58 schrieb Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:59:50 +0200 David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> We make sure that we cannot have any memory holes right at the beginning
>> of offline_pages(). We no longer need walk_system_ram_range() and can
>> call test_pages_isolated() and __offline_isolated_pages() directly.
>>
>> offlined_pages always corresponds to nr_pages, so we can simplify that.
>
> This patch ran afoul of Pavel's "mm/memory_hotplug: drain per-cpu pages
> again during memory offline", here:
>
>> @@ -1481,7 +1459,7 @@ static int count_system_ram_pages_cb(unsigned long start_pfn,
>> int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
>> {
>> const unsigned long end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
>> - unsigned long pfn, system_ram_pages = 0, offlined_pages = 0;
>> + unsigned long pfn, system_ram_pages = 0;
>> int ret, node, nr_isolate_pageblock;
>> unsigned long flags;
>> struct zone *zone;
>> @@ -1579,16 +1557,12 @@ int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
>> reason = "failure to dissolve huge pages";
>> goto failed_removal_isolated;
>> }
>> - /* check again */
>> - ret = walk_system_ram_range(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn,
>> - NULL, check_pages_isolated_cb);
>> - } while (ret);
>> -
>> - /* Ok, all of our target is isolated.
>> - We cannot do rollback at this point. */
>> - walk_system_ram_range(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn,
>> - &offlined_pages, offline_isolated_pages_cb);
>> - pr_info("Offlined Pages %ld\n", offlined_pages);
>> + } while (test_pages_isolated(start_pfn, end_pfn, MEMORY_OFFLINE));
>> +
>> + /* Mark all sections offline and remove free pages from the buddy. */
>> + __offline_isolated_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn);
>> + pr_info("Offlined Pages %ld\n", nr_pages);
>> +
>> /*
>> * Onlining will reset pagetype flags and makes migrate type
>
> I did this. Looks OK?
>

Reading on my smartphone, it looks like you squashed both patches?

> From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: mm/memory_hotplug: simplify page offlining
>
> We make sure that we cannot have any memory holes right at the beginning
> of offline_pages(). We no longer need walk_system_ram_range() and can
> call test_pages_isolated() and __offline_isolated_pages() directly.
>
> offlined_pages always corresponds to nr_pages, so we can simplify that.
>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200819175957.28465-4-david@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Charan Teja Reddy <charante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++-------------------------
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c~mm-memory_hotplug-simplify-page-offlining
> +++ a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -1383,28 +1383,6 @@ do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn
> return ret;
> }
>
> -/* Mark all sections offline and remove all free pages from the buddy. */
> -static int
> -offline_isolated_pages_cb(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> - void *data)
> -{
> - unsigned long *offlined_pages = (unsigned long *)data;
> -
> - *offlined_pages += __offline_isolated_pages(start, start + nr_pages);
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * Check all pages in range, recorded as memory resource, are isolated.
> - */
> -static int
> -check_pages_isolated_cb(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
> - void *data)
> -{
> - return test_pages_isolated(start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages,
> - MEMORY_OFFLINE);
> -}
> -
> static int __init cmdline_parse_movable_node(char *p)
> {
> movable_node_enabled = true;
> @@ -1491,7 +1469,7 @@ static int count_system_ram_pages_cb(uns
> int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
> {
> const unsigned long end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
> - unsigned long pfn, system_ram_pages = 0, offlined_pages = 0;
> + unsigned long pfn, system_ram_pages = 0;
> int ret, node, nr_isolate_pageblock;
> unsigned long flags;
> struct zone *zone;
> @@ -1589,16 +1567,27 @@ int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long st
> reason = "failure to dissolve huge pages";
> goto failed_removal_isolated;
> }
> - /* check again */
> - ret = walk_system_ram_range(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn,
> - NULL, check_pages_isolated_cb);
> - } while (ret);
> -
> - /* Ok, all of our target is isolated.
> - We cannot do rollback at this point. */
> - walk_system_ram_range(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn,
> - &offlined_pages, offline_isolated_pages_cb);
> - pr_info("Offlined Pages %ld\n", offlined_pages);
> +
> + /*
> + * per-cpu pages are drained in start_isolate_page_range, but if
> + * there are still pages that are not free, make sure that we
> + * drain again, because when we isolated range we might
> + * have raced with another thread that was adding pages to pcp
> + * list.
> + *
> + * Forward progress should be still guaranteed because
> + * pages on the pcp list can only belong to MOVABLE_ZONE
> + * because has_unmovable_pages explicitly checks for
> + * PageBuddy on freed pages on other zones.
> + */
> + if (ret)
> + drain_all_pages(zone);
> + } while (test_pages_isolated(start_pfn, end_pfn, MEMORY_OFFLINE));

I think we have to do

ret = test_pages_isolated()
if (ret)
...
} while (ret);

So keeping the old code flow. I cannot resend before next Tuesday.

> +
> + /* Mark all sections offline and remove free pages from the buddy. */
> + __offline_isolated_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn);
> + pr_info("Offlined Pages %ld\n", nr_pages);
> +
> /*
> * Onlining will reset pagetype flags and makes migrate type
> * MOVABLE, so just need to decrease the number of isolated
> @@ -1609,11 +1598,11 @@ int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long st
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
>
> /* removal success */
> - adjust_managed_page_count(pfn_to_page(start_pfn), -offlined_pages);
> - zone->present_pages -= offlined_pages;
> + adjust_managed_page_count(pfn_to_page(start_pfn), -nr_pages);
> + zone->present_pages -= nr_pages;
>
> pgdat_resize_lock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
> - zone->zone_pgdat->node_present_pages -= offlined_pages;
> + zone->zone_pgdat->node_present_pages -= nr_pages;
> pgdat_resize_unlock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
>
> init_per_zone_wmark_min();
> _
>