From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 09/29] virtio-mem: don't always trigger the workqueue when offlining memory
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:04:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5103e899-0ca2-0804-dee8-772b5737d34d@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201018035725.GA50506@L-31X9LVDL-1304>
On 18.10.20 05:57, Wei Yang wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:18:39AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 16.10.20 06:03, Wei Yang wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 02:53:03PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>> Let's trigger from offlining code when we're not allowed to touch online
>
> Here "touch" means "unplug"? If so, maybe s/touch/unplug/ would be more easy
> to understand.
Yes, much better.
[...]
> I am trying to get more understanding about the logic of virtio_mem_retry().
>
> Current logic seems clear to me. There are four places to trigger it:
>
> * notify_offline
> * notify_online
> * timer_expired
> * config_changed
>
> In this patch, we try to optimize the first case, notify_offline.
Yes.
>
> Now, we would always trigger retry when one of our memory block get offlined.
> Per my understanding, this logic is correct while missed one case (or be more
> precise, not handle one case timely). The case this patch wants to improve is
> virtio_mem_mb_remove(). If my understanding is correct.
>
Yes, that's one part of it. Read below.
> virtio_mem_run_wq()
> virtio_mem_unplug_request()
> virtio_mem_mb_unplug_any_sb_offline()
> virtio_mem_mb_remove() --- 1
> virtio_mem_mb_unplug_any_sb_online()
> virtio_mem_mb_offline_and_remove() --- 2
>
> The above is two functions this patch adjusts. For 2), it will offline the
> memory block, thus will trigger virtio_mem_retry() originally. But for 1), the
> memory block is already offlined, so virtio_mem_retry() will not be triggered
> originally. This is the case we want to improve in this patch. Instead of wait
> for timer expire, we trigger retry immediately after unplug/remove an offlined
> memory block.
>
> And after this change, this patch still adjust the original
> virtio_mem_notify_offline() path to just trigger virtio_mem_retry() when
> unplug_online is false. (This means the offline event is notified from user
> space instead of from unplug event).
>
> If my above analysis is correct, I got one small suggestion for this patch.
> Instead of adjust current notify_offline handling, how about just trigger
> retry during virtio_mem_mb_remove()? Since per my understanding, we just want
> to do immediate trigger retry when unplug an offlined memory block.
I probably should have added the following to the patch description:
"This is a preparation for Big Block Mode (BBM), whereby we can see some
temporary offlining of memory blocks without actually making progress"
Imagine you have a Big Block that spans to Linux memory blocks. Assume
the first Linux memory blocks has no unmovable data on it.
Assume you call offline_and_remove_memory()
1. Try to offline the first block. Works, notifiers triggered.
virtio_mem_retry().
2. Try to offline the second block. Does not work.
3. Re-online first block.
4. Exit to main loop, exit workqueue.
5. Retry immediately (due to virtio_mem_retry()), go to 1.
So, you'll keep retrying forever. Found while debugging that exact issue :)
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-19 9:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-12 12:52 [PATCH v1 00/29] virtio-mem: Big Block Mode (BBM) David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:52 ` [PATCH v1 01/29] virtio-mem: determine nid only once using memory_add_physaddr_to_nid() David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 3:56 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-15 19:26 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-12 12:52 ` [PATCH v1 02/29] virtio-mem: simplify calculation in virtio_mem_mb_state_prepare_next_mb() David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 4:02 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-15 8:00 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 10:00 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-15 10:01 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 20:24 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-16 9:00 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:52 ` [PATCH v1 03/29] virtio-mem: simplify MAX_ORDER - 1 / pageblock_order handling David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 7:06 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:52 ` [PATCH v1 04/29] virtio-mem: drop rc2 in virtio_mem_mb_plug_and_add() David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 13:09 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-15 7:14 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:52 ` [PATCH v1 05/29] virtio-mem: generalize check for added memory David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 8:28 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-15 8:50 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 2:16 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 9:11 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 10:02 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 10:32 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 22:38 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-17 7:39 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-18 12:27 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 22:39 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 06/29] virtio-mem: generalize virtio_mem_owned_mb() David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 8:32 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-15 8:37 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 20:30 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 07/29] virtio-mem: generalize virtio_mem_overlaps_range() David Hildenbrand
2020-10-20 9:22 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 08/29] virtio-mem: drop last_mb_id David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 8:35 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-15 20:32 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 09/29] virtio-mem: don't always trigger the workqueue when offlining memory David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 4:03 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 9:18 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-18 3:57 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-19 9:04 ` David Hildenbrand [this message]
2020-10-20 0:41 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-20 9:09 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 10/29] virtio-mem: generalize handling when memory is getting onlined deferred David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 11/29] virtio-mem: use "unsigned long" for nr_pages when fake onlining/offlining David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 20:31 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-16 6:11 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 12/29] virtio-mem: factor out fake-offlining into virtio_mem_fake_offline() David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 6:24 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-20 9:31 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 13/29] virtio-mem: factor out handling of fake-offline pages in memory notifier David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 7:15 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 8:00 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 8:57 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-18 12:37 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-18 12:38 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 14/29] virtio-mem: retry fake-offlining via alloc_contig_range() on ZONE_MOVABLE David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 15/29] virito-mem: document Sub Block Mode (SBM) David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 9:33 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-20 9:38 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-16 8:03 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 16/29] virtio-mem: memory block states are specific to " David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 8:40 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 8:43 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-20 9:48 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 17/29] virito-mem: subblock " David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 8:43 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-20 9:54 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 18/29] virtio-mem: factor out calculation of the bit number within the sb_states bitmap David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 8:46 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-20 9:58 ` Pankaj Gupta
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 19/29] virito-mem: existing (un)plug functions are specific to Sub Block Mode (SBM) David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 8:49 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 20/29] virtio-mem: nb_sb_per_mb and subblock_size " David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 8:51 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 8:53 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 13:17 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-18 12:41 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-19 11:57 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 21/29] virtio-mem: memory notifier callbacks " David Hildenbrand
2020-10-19 1:57 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-19 10:22 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 22/29] virtio-mem: memory block ids " David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 8:54 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 23/29] virtio-mem: factor out adding/removing memory from Linux David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 8:59 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 24/29] virtio-mem: print debug messages from virtio_mem_send_*_request() David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 9:07 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 25/29] virtio-mem: Big Block Mode (BBM) memory hotplug David Hildenbrand
2020-10-16 9:38 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-16 13:13 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-19 2:26 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-19 9:15 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 26/29] virtio-mem: allow to force Big Block Mode (BBM) and set the big block size David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 27/29] mm/memory_hotplug: extend offline_and_remove_memory() to handle more than one memory block David Hildenbrand
2020-10-15 13:08 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-10-19 3:22 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 28/29] virtio-mem: Big Block Mode (BBM) - basic memory hotunplug David Hildenbrand
2020-10-19 3:48 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-19 9:12 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-12 12:53 ` [PATCH v1 29/29] virtio-mem: Big Block Mode (BBM) - safe " David Hildenbrand
2020-10-19 7:54 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-19 8:50 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-20 0:23 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-20 0:24 ` Wei Yang
2020-10-18 12:49 ` [PATCH v1 00/29] virtio-mem: Big Block Mode (BBM) Wei Yang
2020-10-18 16:35 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-10-18 15:29 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-10-18 16:34 ` David Hildenbrand
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