On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 11:15:54AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > +/* > > + * This will get enabled whenever a cpuset configuration is considered > > + * unsupportable in general. E.g. movable only node which cannot satisfy > > + * any non movable allocations (see update_nodemask). Page allocator > > + * needs to make additional checks for those configurations and this > > + * check is meant to guard those checks without any overhead for sane > > + * configurations. > > + */ > > +static inline bool cpusets_insane_config(void) > > +{ > > + return static_branch_unlikely(&cpusets_insane_config_key); > > +} > > + > > extern int cpuset_init(void); > > extern void cpuset_init_smp(void); > > extern void cpuset_force_rebuild(void); > > diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h > > index 6a1d79d..b69b871 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h > > +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h > > @@ -1220,6 +1220,18 @@ static inline struct zoneref *first_zones_zonelist(struct zonelist *zonelist, > > #define for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zlist, highidx) \ > > for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zlist, highidx, NULL) > > > > +/* Whether the 'nodes' are all movable nodes */ > > +static inline bool movable_only_nodes(nodemask_t *nodes) > > +{ > > + struct zonelist *zonelist; > > + struct zoneref *z; > > + > > + zonelist = &(first_online_pgdat())->node_zonelists[ZONELIST_FALLBACK]; > > This will work but it just begs a question why you haven't chosen a node > from the given nodemask. So I believe it would be easier to read if you > did > zonelist = NODE_DATA(first_node(nodes))->node_zonelists[ZONELIST_FALLBACK] This was also my first try to get the 'zonelist', but from the update_nodemask(), the nodemask could be NULL. /* * An empty mems_allowed is ok iff there are no tasks in the cpuset. * Since nodelist_parse() fails on an empty mask, we special case * that parsing. The validate_change() call ensures that cpusets * with tasks have memory. */ if (!*buf) { nodes_clear(trialcs->mems_allowed); > > + z = first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, ZONE_NORMAL, nodes); > > + return (!z->zone) ? true : false; > > +} > > + > > + > > #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM > > #include <asm/sparsemem.h> > > #endif > > diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c > > index df1ccf4..03eb40c 100644 > > --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c > > +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c > > @@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ > > DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpusets_pre_enable_key); > > DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpusets_enabled_key); > > > > +/* > > + * There could be abnormal cpuset configurations for cpu or memory > > + * node binding, add this key to provide a quick low-cost judgement > > + * of the situation. > > + */ > > +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpusets_insane_config_key); > > + > > /* See "Frequency meter" comments, below. */ > > > > struct fmeter { > > @@ -1868,6 +1875,13 @@ static int update_nodemask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs, > > if (retval < 0) > > goto done; > > > > + if (movable_only_nodes(&trialcs->mems_allowed)) { > > You can skip the check if cpusets_insane_config(). The question is > whether you want to report all potential users or only the first one. Yes, I missed that, will add this check > > + static_branch_enable(&cpusets_insane_config_key); > > + pr_info("Unsupported (movable nodes only) cpuset configuration detected (nmask=%*pbl)! " > > + "Cpuset allocations might fail even with a lot of memory available.\n", > > + nodemask_pr_args(&trialcs->mems_allowed)); > > + } > > + > > spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock); > > cs->mems_allowed = trialcs->mems_allowed; > > spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock); > > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c > > index b37435c..a7e0854 100644 > > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c > > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c > > @@ -4914,6 +4914,19 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, > > if (!ac->preferred_zoneref->zone) > > goto nopage; > > > > + /* > > + * Check for insane configurations where the cpuset doesn't contain > > + * any suitable zone to satisfy the request - e.g. non-movable > > + * GFP_HIGHUSER allocations from MOVABLE nodes only. > > + */ > > + if (cpusets_insane_config() && (gfp_mask & __GFP_HARDWALL)) { > > + struct zoneref *z = first_zones_zonelist(ac->zonelist, > > + ac->highest_zoneidx, > > + &cpuset_current_mems_allowed); > > + if (!z->zone) > > + goto nopage; > > + } > > + > > if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD) > > wake_all_kswapds(order, gfp_mask, ac); > > The rest looks sensible to me. Thanks for the review! - Feng > -- > Michal Hocko > SUSE Labs