At 10/19/2012 08:49 AM, Yasuaki Ishimatsu Wrote:
> Hi Kosaki,
>
> Sorry for late reply.
>
> 2012/10/13 4:28, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Yasuaki Ishimatsu
>> <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> The function get_page_bootmem() may be called more than one time to
>>> the same
>>> page. There is no need to set page's type, private if the function is
>>> not
>>> the first time called to the page.
>>>
>>> Note: the patch is just optimization and does not fix any problem.
>>>
>>> CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Jiang Liu <liuj97@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 15 +++++++++++----
>>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> Index: linux-3.6/mm/memory_hotplug.c
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- linux-3.6.orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-10-04 18:29:58.284676075
>>> +0900
>>> +++ linux-3.6/mm/memory_hotplug.c 2012-10-04 18:30:03.454680542
>>> +0900
>>> @@ -95,10 +95,17 @@ static void release_memory_resource(stru
>>> static void get_page_bootmem(unsigned long info, struct page *page,
>>> unsigned long type)
>>> {
>>> - page->lru.next = (struct list_head *) type;
>>> - SetPagePrivate(page);
>>> - set_page_private(page, info);
>>> - atomic_inc(&page->_count);
>>> + unsigned long page_type;
>>> +
>>> + page_type = (unsigned long)page->lru.next;
>>
>> If I understand correctly, page->lru.next might be uninitialized yet.
>
> Ah yes. I was misunderstanding...
>
> Hi Wen,
>
> When you update the physical hot remove patch-set, please drop the patch.
OK
Thanks
Wen Congyang
>
> Thanks,
> Yasuaki Ishimatsu
>> Moreover, I have no seen any good effect in this patch. I don't
>> understand
>> why we need to increase code complexity.
>>
>>
>>
>>> + if (page_type < MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MIN_BOOTMEM_TYPE ||
>>> + page_type > MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MAX_BOOTMEM_TYPE){
>>> + page->lru.next = (struct list_head *)type;
>>> + SetPagePrivate(page);
>>> + set_page_private(page, info);
>>> + atomic_inc(&page->_count);
>>> + } else
>>> + atomic_inc(&page->_count);
>>> }
>>>
>>> /* reference to __meminit __free_pages_bootmem is valid
>>>
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