Re: [PATCH v4 04/21] mm/hugetlb: Introduce nr_free_vmemmap_pages in the struct hstate

[Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>]

On 11/16/20 5:33 AM, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 06:59:35PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
>> +void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init(struct hstate *h)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned int order = huge_page_order(h);
>> +	unsigned int vmemmap_pages;
>> +
>> +	vmemmap_pages = ((1 << order) * sizeof(struct page)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>> +	/*
>> +	 * The head page and the first tail page are not to be freed to buddy
>> +	 * system, the others page will map to the first tail page. So there
> "the remaining pages" might be more clear.
> 
>> +	 * are (@vmemmap_pages - RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR) pages can be freed.
> "that can be freed"
> 
>> +	 *
>> +	 * Could RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR be greater than @vmemmap_pages? This is
>> +	 * not expected to happen unless the system is corrupted. So on the
>> +	 * safe side, it is only a safety net.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (likely(vmemmap_pages > RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR))
>> +		h->nr_free_vmemmap_pages = vmemmap_pages - RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR;
>> +	else
>> +		h->nr_free_vmemmap_pages = 0;
> 
> This made think of something.
> Since struct hstate hstates is global, all the fields should be defined to 0.
> So, the following assignments in hugetlb_add_hstate:
> 
>         h->nr_huge_pages = 0;
>         h->free_huge_pages = 0;
> 
> should not be needed.
> Actually, we do not initialize other values like resv_huge_pages
> or surplus_huge_pages.
> 
> If that is the case, the "else" could go.
> 
> Mike?

Correct.  Those assignments have been in the code for a very long time.

> The changes itself look good to me.
> I think that putting all the vemmap stuff into hugetlb-vmemmap.* was
> the right choice.

Agree!
-- 
Mike Kravetz