Hi Changsheng,
Thank you for your comments.
I'm on vacation. So After that, I'll repost the patch.
Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu
On Sun, 6 Sep 2015 16:33:42 +0800
Changsheng Liu <liuchangsheng@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 9/1/2015 23:37, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 01:58:40 -0400
> > Changsheng Liu <liuchangsheng@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Changsheng Liu <liuchangcheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> After the user config CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE and movable_node kernel option,
> >> When the memory is hot added, should_add_memory_movable() return 0
> >> because all zones including movable zone are empty,
> >> so the memory that was hot added will be added to the normal zone
> >> and the normal zone will be created firstly.
> >> But we want the whole node to be added to movable zone defaultly.
> >>
> >> So we change should_add_memory_movable(): if the user config
> >> CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE and movable_node kernel option
> >> it will always return 1 and all zones is empty at the same time,
> >> so that the movable zone will be created firstly
> >> and then the whole node will be added to movable zone defaultly.
> >> If we want the node to be added to normal zone,
> >> we can do it as follows:
> >> "echo online_kernel > /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/state"
> >>
> >> If the memory is added to movable zone defaultly,
> >> the user can offline it and add it to other zone again.
> >> But if the memory is added to normal zone defaultly,
> >> the user will not offline the memory used by kernel.
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Reviewed-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <yasu.isimatu@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> >> Reviewed-by: Xiaofeng Yan <yanxiaofeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Changsheng Liu <liuchangcheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Tested-by: Dongdong Fan <fandd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 5 +++++
> >> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> >> index 26fbba7..d1149ff 100644
> >> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> >> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> >> @@ -1197,6 +1197,11 @@ static int should_add_memory_movable(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> >> unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> >> pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> >> struct zone *movable_zone = pgdat->node_zones + ZONE_MOVABLE;
> >> + struct zone *normal_zone = pgdat->node_zones + ZONE_NORMAL;
> >> +
> >> + if (movable_node_is_enabled()
> >> + && (zone_end_pfn(normal_zone) <= start_pfn))
> >> + return 1;
> > If system boots up without movable_node, kernel behavior is changed by the patch.
> > And you syould consider other zone.
> >
> > How about it. The patch is no build and test.
> >
> >
> > ---
> > mm/memory_hotplug.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > index 6da82bc..321595d 100644
> > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> > @@ -1198,6 +1198,8 @@ static int check_hotplug_memory_range(u64 start, u64 size)
> > /*
> > * If movable zone has already been setup, newly added memory should be check.
> > * If its address is higher than movable zone, it should be added as movable.
> > + * And if system boots up with movable_zone and added memory does not overlap
> > + * other zone except for movable zone, the memory is added as movable.
> > * Without this check, movable zone may overlap with other zone.
> > */
> > static int should_add_memory_movable(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> > @@ -1205,14 +1207,40 @@ static int should_add_memory_movable(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
> > unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> > struct zone *movable_zone = pgdat->node_zones + ZONE_MOVABLE;
> > + struct zone *zone;
> > + enum zone_type zt = ZONE_MOVABLE - 1;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * If memory is added after ZONE_MOVALBE, the memory is managed as
> > + * movable.
> > + */
> > + if (!zone_is_empty(movable_zone) &&
> > + (movable_zone->zone_start_pfn <= start_pfn))
> > + return 1;
> >
> > - if (zone_is_empty(movable_zone))
> > + if (!movable_node_is_enabled())
> > return 0;
> >
> > - if (movable_zone->zone_start_pfn <= start_pfn)
> > - return 1;
> > + /*
> > + * Find enabled zone and check the added memory.
> > + * If the memory is added after the enabled zone, the memory is
> > + * managed as movable.
> > + *
> > + * If all zones are empty, the memory is also managed as movable.
> > + */
> > + for (; zt >= ZONE_DMA; zt--) {
> > + zone = pgdat->node_zones + zt;
> >
> > - return 0;
> > + if (zone_is_empty(zone))
> > + continue;
> > +
> > + if (zone_end_pfn(zone) <= start_pfn)
> > + return 1;
> > + else
> > + return 0;
> > + }
> > +
> > + return 1;
> > }
> >
> The function zone_for_memory() adds the memory to
> ZONE_NORMAL(x86_64)/ZONE_HIGH(x86_32) defaultly, So I think the system
> just need check the added-memory is whether after the ZONE_NORMAL/ZONE_HIGH
> > int zone_for_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, int zone_default)
>
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