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From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
To: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
	Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/5] mm, page_alloc(): remove setup_pageset()
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:37:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2c38b1f8-4e60-39f8-66c7-c0bbdb9df3cc@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200910092307.GD2285@linux>

On 9/10/20 11:23 AM, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 06:36:26PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> We initialize boot-time pagesets with setup_pageset(), which sets high and
>> batch values that effectively disable pcplists.
>> 
>> We can remove this wrapper if we just set these values for all pagesets in
>> pageset_init(). Non-boot pagesets then subsequently update them to specific
>> values.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>

Thanks!

> Just one question below:
> 
>> -static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p)
>> -{
>> -	pageset_init(p);
>> -	pageset_update(&p->pcp, 0, 1);
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Set batch and high values safe for a boot pageset. Proper pageset's
>> +	 * initialization will update them.
>> +	 */
>> +	pcp->high = 0;
>> +	pcp->batch  = 1;
> 
> pageset_update was manipulating these values with barriers in between.
> I guess we do not care here because we are not really updating but
> initializing them, right?

Sure. We just initialized all the list heads, so there can be no concurrent
access at this point. But I'll mention it in the comment.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-09-18  9:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-07 16:36 [RFC 0/5] disable pcplists during page isolation Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-07 16:36 ` [RFC 1/5] mm, page_alloc: clean up pageset high and batch update Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-10  8:31   ` Oscar Salvador
2020-09-10  8:34     ` Oscar Salvador
2020-09-10 10:47     ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-17 16:05     ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-07 16:36 ` [RFC 2/5] mm, page_alloc: calculate pageset high and batch once per zone Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-10  9:00   ` Oscar Salvador
2020-09-10 10:56   ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-07 16:36 ` [RFC 3/5] mm, page_alloc(): remove setup_pageset() Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-10  9:23   ` Oscar Salvador
2020-09-10  9:57     ` Oscar Salvador
2020-09-18  9:37     ` Vlastimil Babka [this message]
2020-09-10 11:00   ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-07 16:36 ` [RFC 4/5] mm, page_alloc: cache pageset high and batch in struct zone Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-10 11:30   ` Oscar Salvador
2020-09-18 12:02     ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-07 16:36 ` [RFC 5/5] mm, page_alloc: disable pcplists during page isolation Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-09 10:48   ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-09 11:36     ` Michal Hocko
2020-09-09 11:44       ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 12:57         ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 11:55       ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-10 10:29         ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-10 11:05           ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-10 12:42             ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 12:53       ` Pavel Tatashin
2020-09-08 18:29 ` [RFC 0/5] " David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 10:54   ` Vlastimil Babka
2020-09-09 11:27     ` osalvador
2020-09-09 11:29       ` David Hildenbrand

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