On Mon 28-11-11 10:34:35, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:15:18AM +0100, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:26:06AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Thu 24-11-11 11:05:49, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:52:51AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > On Wed 23-11-11 16:42:27, Johannes Weiner wrote:
[...]
> > > > > > @@ -3326,6 +3321,7 @@ static struct page_cgroup *lookup_page_cgroup_used(struct page *page)
> > > > > > struct page_cgroup *pc;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
> > > > > > + /* Can be NULL while bootstrapping the page allocator */
> > > > > > if (likely(pc) && PageCgroupUsed(pc))
> > > > > > return pc;
> > > > > > return NULL;
> > > >
> > > > We could add a lookup_page_cgroup_safe() for this DEBUG_VM-only
> > > > callsite as an optimization separately and remove the NULL check from
> > > > lookup_page_cgroup() itself. But this patch was purely about removing
> > > > the actively misleading checks.
> > >
> > > Yes, but I am not sure whether code duplication is worth it. Let's just
> > > stick with current form. Maybe just move the comment when it can be NULL
> > > to the lookup_page_cgroup directly?
> >
> > Don't underestimate it, this function is used quite heavily while the
> > case of the array being NULL is a minor fraction of all calls. But
> > it's for another patch, anyway.
>
> Hm, how about this?
yes, makes sense.
Thanks
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_cgroup.c b/mm/page_cgroup.c
> index a14655d..58405ca 100644
> --- a/mm/page_cgroup.c
> +++ b/mm/page_cgroup.c
> @@ -28,9 +28,16 @@ struct page_cgroup *lookup_page_cgroup(struct page *page)
> struct page_cgroup *base;
>
> base = NODE_DATA(page_to_nid(page))->node_page_cgroup;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
> + /*
> + * The sanity checks the page allocator does upon freeing a
> + * page can reach here before the page_cgroup arrays are
> + * allocated when feeding a range of pages to the allocator
> + * for the first time during bootup or memory hotplug.
> + */
> if (unlikely(!base))
> return NULL;
> -
> +#endif
> offset = pfn - NODE_DATA(page_to_nid(page))->node_start_pfn;
> return base + offset;
> }
> @@ -87,9 +94,16 @@ struct page_cgroup *lookup_page_cgroup(struct page *page)
> {
> unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
> struct mem_section *section = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
> -
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
> + /*
> + * The sanity checks the page allocator does upon freeing a
> + * page can reach here before the page_cgroup arrays are
> + * allocated when feeding a range of pages to the allocator
> + * for the first time during bootup or memory hotplug.
> + */
> if (!section->page_cgroup)
> return NULL;
> +#endif
> return section->page_cgroup + pfn;
> }
>
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
SUSE LINUX s.r.o.
Lihovarska 1060/12
190 00 Praha 9
Czech Republic
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