On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:41:55 +0800
Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 11/02/2012 05:36 AM, David Rientjes Wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Wen Congyang wrote:
> >
> >>> This doesn't describe why we need the new node state, unfortunately. It
> >>
> >> 1. Somethimes, we use the node which contains the memory that can be used by
> >> kernel.
> >> 2. Sometimes, we use the node which contains the memory.
> >>
> >> In case1, we use N_HIGH_MEMORY, and we use N_MEMORY in case2.
> >>
> >
> > Yeah, that's clear, but the question is still _why_ we want two different
> > nodemasks. I know that this part of the patchset simply introduces the
> > new nodemask because the name "N_MEMORY" is more clear than
> > "N_HIGH_MEMORY", but there's no real incentive for making that change by
> > introducing a new nodemask where a simple rename would suffice.
> >
> > I can only assume that you want to later use one of them for a different
> > purpose: those that do not include nodes that consist of only
> > ZONE_MOVABLE. But that change for MPOL_BIND is nacked since it
> > significantly changes the semantics of set_mempolicy() and you can't break
> > userspace (see my response to that from yesterday). Until that problem is
> > addressed, then there's no reason for the additional nodemask so nack on
> > this series as well.
I cannot locate "my response to that from yesterday". Specificity, please!
>
> I still think that we need two nodemasks: one store the node which has memory
> that the kernel can use, and one store the node which has memory.
>
> For example:
>
> ==========================
> static void *__meminit alloc_page_cgroup(size_t size, int nid)
> {
> gfp_t flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_NOWARN;
> void *addr = NULL;
>
> addr = alloc_pages_exact_nid(nid, size, flags);
> if (addr) {
> kmemleak_alloc(addr, size, 1, flags);
> return addr;
> }
>
> if (node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
> addr = vzalloc_node(size, nid);
> else
> addr = vzalloc(size);
>
> return addr;
> }
> ==========================
> If the node only has ZONE_MOVABLE memory, we should use vzalloc().
> So we should have a mask that stores the node which has memory that
> the kernel can use.
>
> ==========================
> static int mpol_set_nodemask(struct mempolicy *pol,
> const nodemask_t *nodes, struct nodemask_scratch *nsc)
> {
> int ret;
>
> /* if mode is MPOL_DEFAULT, pol is NULL. This is right. */
> if (pol == NULL)
> return 0;
> /* Check N_HIGH_MEMORY */
> nodes_and(nsc->mask1,
> cpuset_current_mems_allowed, node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
> ...
> if (pol->flags & MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES)
> mpol_relative_nodemask(&nsc->mask2, nodes,&nsc->mask1);
> else
> nodes_and(nsc->mask2, *nodes, nsc->mask1);
> ...
> }
> ==========================
> If the user specifies 2 nodes: one has ZONE_MOVABLE memory, and the other one doesn't.
> nsc->mask2 should contain these 2 nodes. So we should hava a mask that store the node
> which has memory.
>
> There maybe something wrong in the change for MPOL_BIND. But this patchset is needed.
Well, let's discuss the userspace-visible non-back-compatible mpol
change. What is it, why did it happen, what is its impact, is it
acceptable?
I grabbed "PART1" and "PART2", but that's as far as I got with the six
memory hotplug patch series.
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