Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: mm: free unused memmap for sparse memory model that define VMEMMAP

[Mike Rapoport]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 09:06:55AM +0800, Wei Li wrote:
> For the memory hole, sparse memory model that define SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> do not free the reserved memory for the page map, this patch do it.

I've been thinking about it a bit more and it seems that instead of
freeing unused memory map it would be better to allocate the exact
memory map from the beginning.

In sparse_init_nid() we can replace PAGES_PER_SECTION parameter to
__populate_section_memmap() with the calculated value for architectures
that define HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID.

Than, I beleive it would be possible to remove free_unused_memmap() in
arm64 and probably in arm32 as well.

> Signed-off-by: Wei Li <liwei213@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Feng <puck.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xia Qing <saberlily.xia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> v2: fix the patch v1 compile errors that are not based on the latest mainline.
> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> index 1e93cfc7c47a..600889945cd0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> @@ -441,7 +441,48 @@ void __init bootmem_init(void)
>  	memblock_dump_all();
>  }
> 
> -#ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> +#define VMEMMAP_PAGE_INUSE 0xFD
> +static inline void free_memmap(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
> +{
> +	unsigned long addr, end;
> +	unsigned long next;
> +	pmd_t *pmd;
> +	void *page_addr;
> +	phys_addr_t phys_addr;
> +
> +	addr = (unsigned long)pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
> +	end = (unsigned long)pfn_to_page(end_pfn);
> +
> +	pmd = pmd_off_k(addr);
> +	for (; addr < end; addr = next, pmd++) {
> +		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
> +
> +		if (!pmd_present(*pmd))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		if (IS_ALIGNED(addr, PMD_SIZE) &&
> +			IS_ALIGNED(next, PMD_SIZE)) {
> +			phys_addr = __pfn_to_phys(pmd_pfn(*pmd));
> +			memblock_free(phys_addr, PMD_SIZE);
> +			pmd_clear(pmd);
> +		} else {
> +			/* If here, we are freeing vmemmap pages. */
> +			memset((void *)addr, VMEMMAP_PAGE_INUSE, next - addr);
> +			page_addr = page_address(pmd_page(*pmd));
> +
> +			if (!memchr_inv(page_addr, VMEMMAP_PAGE_INUSE,
> +				PMD_SIZE)) {
> +				phys_addr = __pfn_to_phys(pmd_pfn(*pmd));
> +				memblock_free(phys_addr, PMD_SIZE);
> +				pmd_clear(pmd);
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	flush_tlb_all();
> +}
> +#else
>  static inline void free_memmap(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
>  {
>  	struct page *start_pg, *end_pg;
> @@ -468,31 +509,53 @@ static inline void free_memmap(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
>  		memblock_free(pg, pgend - pg);
>  }
> 
> +#endif
> +
>  /*
>   * The mem_map array can get very big. Free the unused area of the memory map.
>   */
>  static void __init free_unused_memmap(void)
>  {
> -	unsigned long start, prev_end = 0;
> +	unsigned long start, cur_start, prev_end = 0;
>  	struct memblock_region *reg;
> 
>  	for_each_memblock(memory, reg) {
> -		start = __phys_to_pfn(reg->base);
> +		cur_start = __phys_to_pfn(reg->base);
> 
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
>  		/*
>  		 * Take care not to free memmap entries that don't exist due
>  		 * to SPARSEMEM sections which aren't present.
>  		 */
> -		start = min(start, ALIGN(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
> -#endif
> +		start = min(cur_start, ALIGN(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
> +
>  		/*
> -		 * If we had a previous bank, and there is a space between the
> -		 * current bank and the previous, free it.
> +		 * Free memory in the case of:
> +		 * 1. if cur_start - prev_end <= PAGES_PER_SECTION,
> +		 * free pre_end ~ cur_start.
> +		 * 2. if cur_start - prev_end > PAGES_PER_SECTION,
> +		 * free pre_end ~ ALIGN(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION).
>  		 */
>  		if (prev_end && prev_end < start)
>  			free_memmap(prev_end, start);
> 
> +		/*
> +		 * Free memory in the case of:
> +		 * if cur_start - prev_end > PAGES_PER_SECTION,
> +		 * free ALIGN_DOWN(cur_start, PAGES_PER_SECTION) ~ cur_start.
> +		 */
> +		if (cur_start > start &&
> +		    !IS_ALIGNED(cur_start, PAGES_PER_SECTION))
> +			free_memmap(ALIGN_DOWN(cur_start, PAGES_PER_SECTION),
> +				    cur_start);
> +#else
> +		/*
> +		 * If we had a previous bank, and there is a space between the
> +		 * current bank and the previous, free it.
> +		 */
> +		if (prev_end && prev_end < cur_start)
> +			free_memmap(prev_end, cur_start);
> +#endif
>  		/*
>  		 * Align up here since the VM subsystem insists that the
>  		 * memmap entries are valid from the bank end aligned to
> @@ -507,7 +570,6 @@ static void __init free_unused_memmap(void)
>  		free_memmap(prev_end, ALIGN(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
>  #endif
>  }
> -#endif	/* !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
> 
>  /*
>   * mem_init() marks the free areas in the mem_map and tells us how much memory
> @@ -524,9 +586,8 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
> 
>  	set_max_mapnr(max_pfn - PHYS_PFN_OFFSET);
> 
> -#ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
>  	free_unused_memmap();
> -#endif
> +
>  	/* this will put all unused low memory onto the freelists */
>  	memblock_free_all();
> 
> --
> 2.15.0
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.