Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] mm: pass meminit_context to __free_pages_core()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Fri Jun 07 2024 - 14:41:13 EST


On 07.06.24 11:09, David Hildenbrand wrote:
In preparation for further changes, let's teach __free_pages_core()
about the differences of memory hotplug handling.

Move the memory hotplug specific handling from generic_online_page() to
__free_pages_core(), use adjust_managed_page_count() on the memory
hotplug path, and spell out why memory freed via memblock
cannot currently use adjust_managed_page_count().

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/internal.h | 3 ++-
mm/kmsan/init.c | 2 +-
mm/memory_hotplug.c | 9 +--------
mm/mm_init.c | 4 ++--
mm/page_alloc.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 12e95fdf61e90..3fdee779205ab 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ extern void __putback_isolated_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
int mt);
extern void memblock_free_pages(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
unsigned int order);
-extern void __free_pages_core(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
+extern void __free_pages_core(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
+ enum meminit_context);
/*
* This will have no effect, other than possibly generating a warning, if the
diff --git a/mm/kmsan/init.c b/mm/kmsan/init.c
index 3ac3b8921d36f..ca79636f858e5 100644
--- a/mm/kmsan/init.c
+++ b/mm/kmsan/init.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static void do_collection(void)
shadow = smallstack_pop(&collect);
origin = smallstack_pop(&collect);
kmsan_setup_meta(page, shadow, origin, collect.order);
- __free_pages_core(page, collect.order);
+ __free_pages_core(page, collect.order, MEMINIT_EARLY);
}
}
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 171ad975c7cfd..27e3be75edcf7 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -630,14 +630,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(restore_online_page_callback);
void generic_online_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
{
- /*
- * Freeing the page with debug_pagealloc enabled will try to unmap it,
- * so we should map it first. This is better than introducing a special
- * case in page freeing fast path.
- */
- debug_pagealloc_map_pages(page, 1 << order);
- __free_pages_core(page, order);
- totalram_pages_add(1UL << order);
+ __free_pages_core(page, order, MEMINIT_HOTPLUG);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_online_page);
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 019193b0d8703..feb5b6e8c8875 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ static void __init deferred_free_range(unsigned long pfn,
for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++, page++, pfn++) {
if (pageblock_aligned(pfn))
set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
- __free_pages_core(page, 0);
+ __free_pages_core(page, 0, MEMINIT_EARLY);
}
}

The build bot just reminded me that I missed another case in this function:
(CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT)

diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index feb5b6e8c8875..5a0752261a795 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ static void __init deferred_free_range(unsigned long pfn,
if (nr_pages == MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES && IS_MAX_ORDER_ALIGNED(pfn)) {
for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i += pageblock_nr_pages)
set_pageblock_migratetype(page + i, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
- __free_pages_core(page, MAX_PAGE_ORDER);
+ __free_pages_core(page, MAX_PAGE_ORDER, MEMINIT_EARLY);
return;
}

--
Cheers,

David / dhildenb