From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] mm/memory_hotplug: update comment regarding zone shuffling
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:40:21 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200929094021.GD36904@L-31X9LVDL-1304.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200928182110.7050-6-david@redhat.com>
On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 08:21:10PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>As we no longer shuffle via generic_online_page() and when undoing
>isolation, we can simplify the comment.
>
>We now effectively shuffle only once (properly) when onlining new
>memory.
>
>Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>
>Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
>Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
>Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
>Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
>Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
>Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
>Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
>Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
>---
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 11 ++++-------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
>index 9db80ee29caa..c589bd8801bb 100644
>--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
>+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
>@@ -859,13 +859,10 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
> undo_isolate_page_range(pfn, pfn + nr_pages, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
>
> /*
>- * When exposing larger, physically contiguous memory areas to the
>- * buddy, shuffling in the buddy (when freeing onlined pages, putting
>- * them either to the head or the tail of the freelist) is only helpful
>- * for maintaining the shuffle, but not for creating the initial
>- * shuffle. Shuffle the whole zone to make sure the just onlined pages
>- * are properly distributed across the whole freelist. Make sure to
>- * shuffle once pageblocks are no longer isolated.
>+ * Freshly onlined pages aren't shuffled (e.g., all pages are placed to
>+ * the tail of the freelist when undoing isolation). Shuffle the whole
>+ * zone to make sure the just onlined pages are properly distributed
>+ * across the whole freelist - to create an initial shuffle.
> */
> shuffle_zone(zone);
>
>--
>2.26.2
--
Wei Yang
Help you, Help me
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-29 9:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-28 18:21 [PATCH v1 0/5] mm: place pages to the freelist tail when onling and undoing isolation David Hildenbrand
2020-09-28 18:21 ` [PATCH v1 1/5] mm/page_alloc: convert "report" flag of __free_one_page() to a proper flag David Hildenbrand
2020-09-28 20:11 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-09-29 8:58 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-02 13:17 ` Michal Hocko
2020-10-02 13:41 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-10-02 14:48 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-02 14:57 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-28 18:21 ` [PATCH v1 2/5] mm/page_alloc: place pages to tail in __putback_isolated_page() David Hildenbrand
2020-09-28 20:38 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-09-29 9:10 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-02 13:19 ` Michal Hocko
2020-09-28 18:21 ` [PATCH v1 3/5] mm/page_alloc: always move pages to the tail of the freelist in unset_migratetype_isolate() David Hildenbrand
2020-09-28 20:55 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-09-29 9:18 ` Wei Yang
2020-09-29 10:12 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-30 7:48 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-02 13:24 ` Michal Hocko
2020-10-02 15:20 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-05 6:56 ` Michal Hocko
2020-10-05 8:20 ` Mel Gorman
2020-10-05 9:11 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-28 18:21 ` [PATCH v1 4/5] mm/page_alloc: place pages to tail in __free_pages_core() David Hildenbrand
2020-09-28 20:33 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-09-29 9:36 ` Wei Yang
2020-09-29 10:14 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-02 13:41 ` Michal Hocko
2020-10-02 15:10 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-28 18:21 ` [PATCH v1 5/5] mm/memory_hotplug: update comment regarding zone shuffling David Hildenbrand
2020-09-29 9:40 ` Wei Yang [this message]
2020-10-02 13:41 ` Michal Hocko
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