Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] mm/sparse: add sparse_init_nid()
From: Oscar Salvador
Date: Fri Jun 29 2018 - 10:35:38 EST
On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 01:30:09PM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> sparse_init() requires to temporary allocate two large buffers:
> usemap_map and map_map. Baoquan He has identified that these buffers are so
> large that Linux is not bootable on small memory machines, such as a kdump
> boot.
>
> Baoquan provided a fix, which reduces these sizes of these buffers, but it
> is much better to get rid of them entirely.
>
> Add a new way to initialize sparse memory: sparse_init_nid(), which only
> operates within one memory node, and thus allocates memory either in large
> contiguous block or allocates section by section. This eliminates the need
> for use of temporary buffers.
>
> For simplified bisecting and review, the new interface is going to be
> enabled as well as old code removed in the next patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mm.h | 8 ++++
> mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/sparse.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 147 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index a0fbb9ffe380..ba200808dd5f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -2651,6 +2651,14 @@ void sparse_mem_maps_populate_node(struct page **map_map,
> unsigned long pnum_end,
> unsigned long map_count,
> int nodeid);
> +struct page * sparse_populate_node(unsigned long pnum_begin,
> + unsigned long pnum_end,
> + unsigned long map_count,
> + int nid);
> +struct page * sprase_populate_node_section(struct page *map_base,
> + unsigned long map_index,
> + unsigned long pnum,
> + int nid);
>
> struct page *sparse_mem_map_populate(unsigned long pnum, int nid,
> struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
> diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> index e1a54ba411ec..4655503bdc66 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> @@ -311,3 +311,52 @@ void __init sparse_mem_maps_populate_node(struct page **map_map,
> vmemmap_buf_end = NULL;
> }
> }
> +
> +struct page * __init sparse_populate_node(unsigned long pnum_begin,
> + unsigned long pnum_end,
> + unsigned long map_count,
> + int nid)
> +{
> + unsigned long size = sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION;
> + unsigned long pnum, map_index = 0;
> + void *vmemmap_buf_start;
> +
> + size = ALIGN(size, PMD_SIZE) * map_count;
> + vmemmap_buf_start = __earlyonly_bootmem_alloc(nid, size,
> + PMD_SIZE,
> + __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
> + if (vmemmap_buf_start) {
> + vmemmap_buf = vmemmap_buf_start;
> + vmemmap_buf_end = vmemmap_buf_start + size;
> + }
> +
> + for (pnum = pnum_begin; map_index < map_count; pnum++) {
> + if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
> + continue;
> + if (!sparse_mem_map_populate(pnum, nid, NULL))
> + break;
> + map_index++;
> + BUG_ON(pnum >= pnum_end);
> + }
Besides the typos, I could not find anything wrong in the patch.
Only cosmetic:
Could not the loop above be converted to a for_each_present_section_nr() or would it be
less readable?
> +
> + if (vmemmap_buf_start) {
> + /* need to free left buf */
> + memblock_free_early(__pa(vmemmap_buf),
> + vmemmap_buf_end - vmemmap_buf);
> + vmemmap_buf = NULL;
> + vmemmap_buf_end = NULL;
> + }
> + return pfn_to_page(section_nr_to_pfn(pnum_begin));
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Return map for pnum section. sparse_populate_node() has populated memory map
> + * in this node, we simply do pnum to struct page conversion.
> + */
> +struct page * __init sprase_populate_node_section(struct page *map_base,
> + unsigned long map_index,
> + unsigned long pnum,
> + int nid)
> +{
> + return pfn_to_page(section_nr_to_pfn(pnum));
> +}
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index d18e2697a781..60eaa2a4842a 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -456,6 +456,43 @@ void __init sparse_mem_maps_populate_node(struct page **map_map,
> __func__);
> }
> }
> +
> +static unsigned long section_map_size(void)
> +{
> + return PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Try to allocate all struct pages for this node, if this fails, we will
> + * be allocating one section at a time in sprase_populate_node_section().
> + */
> +struct page * __init sparse_populate_node(unsigned long pnum_begin,
> + unsigned long pnum_end,
> + unsigned long map_count,
> + int nid)
> +{
> + return memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_raw(section_map_size() * map_count,
> + PAGE_SIZE, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS),
> + BOOTMEM_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE, nid);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Return map for pnum section. map_base is not NULL if we could allocate map
> + * for this node together. Otherwise we allocate one section at a time.
> + * map_index is the index of pnum in this node counting only present sections.
> + */
> +struct page * __init sprase_populate_node_section(struct page *map_base,
> + unsigned long map_index,
> + unsigned long pnum,
> + int nid)
> +{
> + if (map_base) {
> + unsigned long offset = section_map_size() * map_index;
> +
> + return (struct page *)((char *)map_base + offset);
> + }
> + return sparse_mem_map_populate(pnum, nid, NULL);
> +}
> #endif /* !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
>
> static void __init sparse_early_mem_maps_alloc_node(void *data,
> @@ -520,6 +557,59 @@ static void __init alloc_usemap_and_memmap(void (*alloc_func)
> map_count, nodeid_begin);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Initialize sparse on a specific node. The node spans [pnum_begin, pnum_end)
> + * And number of present sections in this node is map_count.
> + */
> +void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
> + unsigned long pnum_end,
> + unsigned long map_count)
> +{
> + unsigned long pnum, usemap_longs, *usemap, map_index;
> + struct page *map, *map_base;
> + struct mem_section *ms;
What about moving "struct mem_section" into the second for_each_present_section_nr() loop.
It is only being used there.
And we could move "struct page *map" into the first loop as well.
But the patch looks good to me anyway.
Maybe I am missing something, but so far:
Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
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Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3