Thanks for this patch!
> On Nov 19, 2018, at 2:16 AM, David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Mark inflated and never onlined pages PG_offline, to tell the world that
> the content is stale and should not be dumped.
>
> Cc: Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Julien Freche <jfreche@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> index e6126a4b95d3..8cc8bd9a4e32 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> @@ -544,6 +544,36 @@ unsigned int vmballoon_page_order(enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
> return page_size == VMW_BALLOON_2M_PAGE ? VMW_BALLOON_2M_ORDER : 0;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * vmballoon_mark_page_offline() - mark a page as offline
> + * @page: pointer for the page
If possible, please add a period at the end of the sentence (yes, I know I
got it wrong in some places too).
> + * @page_size: the size of the page.
> + */
> +static void
> +vmballoon_mark_page_offline(struct page *page,
> + enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < 1ULL << vmballoon_page_order(page_size); i++)
Can you please do instead:
unsigned int;
for (i = 0; i < vmballoon_page_in_frames(page_size); i++)
> + __SetPageOffline(page + i);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * vmballoon_mark_page_online() - mark a page as online
> + * @page: pointer for the page
> + * @page_size: the size of the page.
> + */
> +static void
> +vmballoon_mark_page_online(struct page *page,
> + enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size)
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < 1ULL << vmballoon_page_order(page_size); i++)
> + __ClearPageOffline(page + i);
Same here (use vmballoon_page_in_frames).
> +}
> +
> /**
> * vmballoon_page_in_frames() - returns the number of frames in a page.
> * @page_size: the size of the page.
> @@ -612,6 +642,7 @@ static int vmballoon_alloc_page_list(struct vmballoon *b,
> ctl->page_size);
>
> if (page) {
> + vmballoon_mark_page_offline(page, ctl->page_size);
> /* Success. Add the page to the list and continue. */
> list_add(&page->lru, &ctl->pages);
> continue;
> @@ -850,6 +881,7 @@ static void vmballoon_release_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>
> list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, page_list, lru) {
> list_del(&page->lru);
> + vmballoon_mark_page_online(page, page_size);
> __free_pages(page, vmballoon_page_order(page_size));
> }
We would like to test it in the next few days, but in the meanwhile, after
you address these minor issues:
Acked-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks again,
Nadav
