On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:24:34 -0600 Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@xxxxxxx> wrote: > We don't need to do register_memory_resource() since it has its own lock and > doesn't make any callbacks. > > Also register_memory_resource return NULL on failure so we don't have anything > to cleanup at this point. > > > The reason for this rfc is I was doing some experiments with hotplugging of > memory on some of our larger systems. While it seems to work, it can be quite > slow. With some preliminary digging I found that lock_memory_hotplug is > clearly ripe for breakup. > > It could be broken up per nid or something but it also covers the > online_page_callback. The online_page_callback shouldn't be very hard to break > out. > > Also there is the issue of various structures(wmarks come to mind) that are > only updated under the lock_memory_hotplug that would need to be dealt with. > > ... > > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c > @@ -1097,17 +1097,18 @@ int __ref add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size) > struct resource *res; > int ret; > > - lock_memory_hotplug(); > - > res = register_memory_resource(start, size); > ret = -EEXIST; > if (!res) > - goto out; > + return ret; > > { /* Stupid hack to suppress address-never-null warning */ > void *p = NODE_DATA(nid); > new_pgdat = !p; > } > + > + lock_memory_hotplug(); > + > new_node = !node_online(nid); > if (new_node) { > pgdat = hotadd_new_pgdat(nid, start); Looks sane to me. register_memory_resource() makes me cry. Please review: From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/memory_hotplug.c: register_memory_resource() fixes - register_memory_resource() should not go BUG on ENOMEM. That's appropriate at system boot time, but not at memory-hotplug time. Fix. - register_memory_resource()'s caller is incorrectly replacing request_resource()'s -EBUSY with -EEXIST. Fix this by propagating errors appropriately. Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hedi <hedi@xxxxxxx> Cc: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Travis <travis@xxxxxxx> Cc: Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@xxxxxxx> Cc: Tang Chen <tangchen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory_hotplug.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/memory_hotplug.c~mm-memory_hotplugc-register_memory_resource-fixes mm/memory_hotplug.c --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c~mm-memory_hotplugc-register_memory_resource-fixes +++ a/mm/memory_hotplug.c @@ -64,17 +64,21 @@ void unlock_memory_hotplug(void) static struct resource *register_memory_resource(u64 start, u64 size) { struct resource *res; + int err; + res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL); - BUG_ON(!res); + if (!res) + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); res->name = "System RAM"; res->start = start; res->end = start + size - 1; res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY; - if (request_resource(&iomem_resource, res) < 0) { + err = request_resource(&iomem_resource, res); + if (err) { pr_debug("System RAM resource %pR cannot be added\n", res); kfree(res); - res = NULL; + res = ERR_PTR(err); } return res; } @@ -1108,9 +1112,8 @@ int __ref add_memory(int nid, u64 start, return ret; res = register_memory_resource(start, size); - ret = -EEXIST; - if (!res) - return ret; + if (IS_ERR(res)) + return PTR_ERR(res); { /* Stupid hack to suppress address-never-null warning */ void *p = NODE_DATA(nid); _ -- 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>