Re: [PATCH v1] mm/memory_hotplug: Easier calculation to get pages to next section boundary

[Baoquan He]

On 02/06/20 at 02:26am, Wei Yang wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2020 at 08:37:36AM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> >On 02/06/20 at 08:13am, Baoquan He wrote:
> >> On 02/06/20 at 07:50am, Wei Yang wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Feb 06, 2020 at 07:19:45AM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
> >> > >On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 02:52:51PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> >> > >>Let's use a calculation that's easier to understand and calculates the
> >> > >>same result. Reusing existing macros makes this look nicer.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>We always want to have the number of pages (> 0) to the next section
> >> > >>boundary, starting from the current pfn.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>Suggested-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > >>Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > >>Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > >>Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
> >> > >>Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > >>Cc: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > >>Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > >
> >> > >Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > >
> >> > >BTW, I got one question about hotplug size requirement.
> >> > >
> >> > >I thought the hotplug range should be section size aligned, while taking a
> >> > >look into current code function check_hotplug_memory_range() guard the range.
> >> 
> >> A good question. The current code should be block size aligned. I
> >> remember in some places we assume each block comprise all the sections.
> >> Can't imagine one or some of them are half section filled.
> >
> >I could be wrong, half filled block may not cause problem. 
> >
> 
> David must be angry about our flooding the mail list :-)

Believe he won't, :-) If you like, we can talk off line.

> 
> Check the code again, there are two memory range check:
> 
>   * check_hotplug_memory_range(), block/section aligned
>   * check_pfn_span(), subsection aligned
> 
> The second check, check_pfn_span() in __add_pages(), enable the capability to
> add a memory range with subsection size.
> 
> This means hotplug still keeps section alignment.

memremap_pages() also call add_pages(), it doesn't have the
check_hotplug_memory_range() invocation. check_pfn_span() is made for
it specifically.

> 
> BTW, __add_pages() share the same logic as __remove_pages(). Why not change it
> too? Do I miss something or I don't have the latest source code?

Good question, and I think it need. Just David is refactoring/cleaning
up the remove_pages() code path, this is found out by Segher from patch
reviewing.