Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] hv_balloon: try to merge system ram resources

[David Hildenbrand]

On 04.09.20 19:30, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:34:31PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> Let's use the new mechanism to merge system ram resources below the
>> root. We are the only one hotplugging system ram, e.g., DIMMs don't apply,
>> so this is safe to be used.
>>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
>> index 32e3bc0aa665a..49a6305f0fb73 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
>> @@ -745,6 +745,9 @@ static void hv_mem_hot_add(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
>>  			has->covered_end_pfn -=  processed_pfn;
>>  			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dm_device.ha_lock, flags);
>>  			break;
>> +		} else {
>> +			/* Try to reduce the number of system ram resources. */
>> +			merge_system_ram_resources(&iomem_resource);
>>  		}
> 
> You don't need to put the call under the "else" branch. It will have
> broken out of the loop if ret is not zero.
> 

Agreed, thanks!


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb