Re: [PATCH] mm/memory_hotplug: just build zonelist for new added node

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Wed Jun 28 2017 - 03:06:58 EST


On 06/26/2017 05:58 AM, Wei Yang wrote:
> In commit (9adb62a5df9c0fbef7) "mm/hotplug: correctly setup fallback
> zonelists when creating new pgdat" tries to build the correct zonelist for
> a new added node, while it is not necessary to rebuild it for already exist
> nodes.
>
> In build_zonelists(), it will iterate on nodes with memory. For a new added
> node, it will have memory until node_states_set_node() is called in

it will not have memory

right?

> online_pages().
>
> This patch will avoid to rebuild the zonelists for already exist nodes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx>

Sounds correct, as far as the memory hotplug mess allows.

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

Some style nitpicks below:

> ---
> mm/page_alloc.c | 16 +++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 560eafe8234d..fc8181b44fd8 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -5200,15 +5200,17 @@ static int __build_all_zonelists(void *data)
> memset(node_load, 0, sizeof(node_load));
> #endif
>
> - if (self && !node_online(self->node_id)) {
> + /* This node is hotadded and no memory preset yet.

On multiline comments, the first line should be empty after "/*"

But I see Andrew already fixed that.

> + * So just build zonelists is fine, no need to touch other nodes.
> + */
> + if (self && !node_online(self->node_id))
> build_zonelists(self);
> - }
> -
> - for_each_online_node(nid) {
> - pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> + else
> + for_each_online_node(nid) {
> + pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
>
> - build_zonelists(pgdat);
> - }
> + build_zonelists(pgdat);
> + }

Personally I would use { } for the else block, and thus leave them also
for the if block, not sure if this is recommended by the style guide though.

> /*
> * Initialize the boot_pagesets that are going to be used
>