Re: [PATCH 4/6] mm, memory_hotplug: reorganize new pgdat initialization

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On Thu 27-01-22 13:46:53, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 27.01.22 09:53, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > When a !node_online node is brought up it needs a hotplug specific
> > initialization because the node could be either uninitialized yet or it
> > could have been recycled after previous hotremove. hotadd_init_pgdat is
> > responsible for that.
> > 
> > Internal pgdat state is initialized at two places currently
> > 	- hotadd_init_pgdat
> > 	- free_area_init_core_hotplug
> > There is no real clear cut what should go where but this patch's chosen to
> > move the whole internal state initialization into free_area_init_core_hotplug.
> > hotadd_init_pgdat is still responsible to pull all the parts together -
> > most notably to initialize zonelists because those depend on the overall topology.
> > 
> > This patch doesn't introduce any functional change.
> > 
> > Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <raquini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/memory_hotplug.h |  2 +-
> >  mm/memory_hotplug.c            | 28 +++-------------------------
> >  mm/page_alloc.c                | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> > index 60f09d3ebb3d..76bf2de86def 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> > @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ extern void set_zone_contiguous(struct zone *zone);
> >  extern void clear_zone_contiguous(struct zone *zone);
> >  
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
> > -extern void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(int nid);
> > +extern void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat);
> >  extern int __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags);
> >  extern int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags);
> >  extern int add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *resource,
> > diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > index 875cdc7ffa58..ddc62f8b591f 100644
> > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > @@ -1166,39 +1166,16 @@ static pg_data_t __ref *hotadd_init_pgdat(int nid)
> >  {
> >  	struct pglist_data *pgdat;
> >  
> > -	pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> > -
> >  	/*
> >  	 * NODE_DATA is preallocated (free_area_init) but its internal
> >  	 * state is not allocated completely. Add missing pieces.
> >  	 * Completely offline nodes stay around and they just need
> >  	 * reintialization.
> >  	 */
> > -	if (pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats == &boot_nodestats) {
> > -		pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats =
> > -			alloc_percpu(struct per_cpu_nodestat);
> > -	} else {
> > -		int cpu;
> > -		/*
> > -		 * Reset the nr_zones, order and highest_zoneidx before reuse.
> > -		 * Note that kswapd will init kswapd_highest_zoneidx properly
> > -		 * when it starts in the near future.
> > -		 */
> > -		pgdat->nr_zones = 0;
> > -		pgdat->kswapd_order = 0;
> > -		pgdat->kswapd_highest_zoneidx = 0;
> > -		for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> > -			struct per_cpu_nodestat *p;
> > -
> > -			p = per_cpu_ptr(pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats, cpu);
> > -			memset(p, 0, sizeof(*p));
> > -		}
> > -	}
> > -
> > -	pgdat->node_start_pfn = 0;
> > +	pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> >  
> >  	/* init node's zones as empty zones, we don't have any present pages.*/
> > -	free_area_init_core_hotplug(nid);
> > +	free_area_init_core_hotplug(pgdat);
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * The node we allocated has no zone fallback lists. For avoiding
> > @@ -1210,6 +1187,7 @@ static pg_data_t __ref *hotadd_init_pgdat(int nid)
> >  	 * When memory is hot-added, all the memory is in offline state. So
> >  	 * clear all zones' present_pages because they will be updated in
> >  	 * online_pages() and offline_pages().
> > +	 * TODO: should be in free_area_init_core_hotplug?
> >  	 */
> >  	reset_node_managed_pages(pgdat);
> >  	reset_node_present_pages(pgdat);
> > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> > index 1a05669044d3..32d0189de4c5 100644
> > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> > @@ -7506,12 +7506,33 @@ static void __meminit zone_init_internals(struct zone *zone, enum zone_type idx,
> >   * NOTE: this function is only called during memory hotplug
> >   */
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
> > -void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(int nid)
> > +void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
> >  {
> > +	int nid = pgdat->node_id;
> >  	enum zone_type z;
> > -	pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> > +	int cpu;
> >  
> >  	pgdat_init_internals(pgdat);
> > +
> > +	if (pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats == &boot_nodestats)
> > +		pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats = alloc_percpu(struct per_cpu_nodestat);
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Reset the nr_zones, order and highest_zoneidx before reuse.
> > +	 * Note that kswapd will init kswapd_highest_zoneidx properly
> > +	 * when it starts in the near future.
> > +	 */
> > +	pgdat->nr_zones = 0;
> > +	pgdat->kswapd_order = 0;
> > +	pgdat->kswapd_highest_zoneidx = 0;
> > +	pgdat->node_start_pfn = 0;
> > +	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> > +		struct per_cpu_nodestat *p;
> > +
> > +		p = per_cpu_ptr(pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats, cpu);
> > +		memset(p, 0, sizeof(*p));
> > +	}
> > +
> >  	for (z = 0; z < MAX_NR_ZONES; z++)
> >  		zone_init_internals(&pgdat->node_zones[z], z, nid, 0);
> >  }
> 
> I feel like we should be initializing all of this only once, just after
> allocating the node. There should be no difference between a node we're
> reusing and a "fresh" node. IOW, memory offlining should be resetting
> all state accordingly when the last memory goes away.
> 
> But I might be wrong and this patch looks like an improvement, as you
> say,  without functional change

Yeah, I really wanted to have this simple and straightforward. To be
completely honest I am not even sure this is necessary. Something really
woth looking at.
 
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs




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