Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] kernel/fork.c: get totalram_pages from memblock to calculate max_threads

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Tue Jul 09 2024 - 04:46:32 EST


On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 02:36:08AM +0000, Wei Yang wrote:
> Since we plan to move the accounting into __free_pages_core(),
> totalram_pages may not represent the total usable pages on system
> at this point when defer_init is enabled.
>
> Instead we can get the total estimated pages from memblock directly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> kernel/fork.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index 279efadabbf2..d6c2a4ccd532 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
> #include <linux/fs.h>
> #include <linux/mm.h>
> #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
> +#include <linux/memblock.h>
> #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
> #include <linux/capability.h>
> #include <linux/cpu.h>
> @@ -999,7 +1000,7 @@ void __init __weak arch_task_cache_init(void) { }
> static void set_max_threads(unsigned int max_threads_suggested)
> {
> u64 threads;
> - unsigned long nr_pages = totalram_pages();
> + unsigned long nr_pages = memblock_estimated_nr_free_pages();
>
> /*
> * The number of threads shall be limited such that the thread
> --
> 2.34.1
>

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.