On 06/17/2012 11:19 AM, David Rientjes wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2012, Jiang Liu wrote: > >> diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h >> index c84ec68..36249d5 100644 >> --- a/include/linux/swap.h >> +++ b/include/linux/swap.h >> @@ -301,6 +301,11 @@ static inline void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node *node) >> >> extern int kswapd_run(int nid); >> extern void kswapd_stop(int nid); >> +static inline bool kswapd_is_running(int nid) >> +{ >> + return !!(NODE_DATA(nid)->kswapd); >> +} >> + >> #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR >> extern int mem_cgroup_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *mem); >> #else >> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c >> index 0d7e3ec..88e479d 100644 >> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c >> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c >> @@ -522,7 +522,8 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages) >> init_per_zone_wmark_min(); >> >> if (onlined_pages) { >> - kswapd_run(zone_to_nid(zone)); >> + if (!kswapd_is_running(zone_to_nid(zone))) >> + kswapd_run(zone_to_nid(zone)); >> node_set_state(zone_to_nid(zone), N_HIGH_MEMORY); >> } >> >> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c >> index 7585101..3dafdbe 100644 >> --- a/mm/vmscan.c >> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c >> @@ -2941,8 +2941,7 @@ int kswapd_run(int nid) >> pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid); >> int ret = 0; >> >> - if (pgdat->kswapd) >> - return 0; >> + BUG_ON(pgdat->kswapd); >> >> pgdat->kswapd = kthread_run(kswapd, pgdat, "kswapd%d", nid); >> if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) { > > This isn't better, there's no functional change and you've just added a > second conditional for no reason and an unnecessary kswapd_is_running() > function. Tend to agree. Now that I think about it, it's enough to add comment. > > More concerning is that online_pages() doesn't check the return value of > kswapd_run(). We should probably fail the memory hotplug operation that > onlines a new node and doesn't have a kswapd running and cleanup after > ourselves in online_pages() with some sane error handling. Yeb. It's more valuable. > > -- > To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in > the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, > see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . > Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a> > -- Kind regards, Minchan Kim -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>