Re: [PATCH v4] memory_hotplug: Free pages as higher order

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>]

On Wed 03-10-18 19:09:39, Arun KS wrote:
[...]
> +static int online_pages_blocks(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages)
> +{
> +	unsigned long end = start + nr_pages;
> +	int order, ret, onlined_pages = 0;
> +
> +	while (start < end) {
> +		order = min(MAX_ORDER - 1UL, __ffs(start));
> +
> +		while (start + (1UL << order) > end)
> +			order--;

this really made me scratch my head. Wouldn't it be much simpler to do
the following?
		order = min(MAX_ORDER - 1, get_order(end - start))?

> +
> +		ret = (*online_page_callback)(pfn_to_page(start), order);
> +		if (!ret)
> +			onlined_pages += (1UL << order);
> +		else if (ret > 0)
> +			onlined_pages += ret;
> +
> +		start += (1UL << order);
> +	}
> +	return onlined_pages;
>  }
[...]
> -static void __init __free_pages_boot_core(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
> +void __free_pages_core(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
>  {
>  	unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << order;
>  	struct page *p = page;
>  	unsigned int loop;
>  
> -	prefetchw(p);
> -	for (loop = 0; loop < (nr_pages - 1); loop++, p++) {
> -		prefetchw(p + 1);
> +	for (loop = 0; loop < nr_pages; loop++, p++) {
>  		__ClearPageReserved(p);
>  		set_page_count(p, 0);
>  	}
> -	__ClearPageReserved(p);
> -	set_page_count(p, 0);
>  
>  	page_zone(page)->managed_pages += nr_pages;
>  	set_page_refcounted(page);

I think this is wort a separate patch as it is unrelated to the patch.

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs