On 05.02.20 14:34, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 02/05/20 at 02:20pm, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 05.02.20 13:43, Baoquan He wrote:
>>> On 02/04/20 at 03:42pm, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>> On 04.02.20 15:25, Baoquan He wrote:
>>>>> On 10/06/19 at 10:56am, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>>> If we have holes, the holes will automatically get detected and removed
>>>>>> once we remove the next bigger/smaller section. The extra checks can
>>>>>> go.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Cc: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 34 +++++++---------------------------
>>>>>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
>>>>>> index f294918f7211..8dafa1ba8d9f 100644
>>>>>> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
>>>>>> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
>>>>>> @@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ static void shrink_zone_span(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
>>>>>> if (pfn) {
>>>>>> zone->zone_start_pfn = pfn;
>>>>>> zone->spanned_pages = zone_end_pfn - pfn;
>>>>>> + } else {
>>>>>> + zone->zone_start_pfn = 0;
>>>>>> + zone->spanned_pages = 0;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> } else if (zone_end_pfn == end_pfn) {
>>>>>> /*
>>>>>> @@ -405,34 +408,11 @@ static void shrink_zone_span(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
>>>>>> start_pfn);
>>>>>> if (pfn)
>>>>>> zone->spanned_pages = pfn - zone_start_pfn + 1;
>>>>>> + else {
>>>>>> + zone->zone_start_pfn = 0;
>>>>>> + zone->spanned_pages = 0;
>>>>>
>>>>> Thinking in which case (zone_start_pfn != start_pfn) and it comes here.
>>>>
>>>> Could only happen in case the zone_start_pfn would have been "out of the
>>>> zone already". If you ask me: unlikely :)
>>>
>>> Yeah, I also think it's unlikely to come here.
>>>
>>> The 'if (zone_start_pfn == start_pfn)' checking also covers the case
>>> (zone_start_pfn == start_pfn && zone_end_pfn == end_pfn). So this
>>> zone_start_pfn/spanned_pages resetting can be removed to avoid
>>> confusion.
>>
>> At least I would find it more confusing without it (or want a comment
>> explaining why this does not have to be handled and why the !pfn case is
>> not possible).
>
> I don't get why being w/o it will be more confusing, but it's OK since
> it doesn't impact anything.
Because we could actually BUG_ON(!pfn) here, right? Only having a "if
(pfn)" leaves the reader wondering "why is the other case not handled".
>
>>
>> Anyhow, that patch is already upstream and I don't consider this high
>> priority. Thanks :)
>
> Yeah, noticed you told Wei the status in another patch thread, I am fine
> with it, just leave it to you to decide. Thanks.
I am fairly busy right now. Can you send a patch (double-checking and
making this eventually unconditional?). Thanks!
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Thanks,
David / dhildenb
