From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
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 05/29] virtio-mem: generalize check for added memory
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 09:39:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2E12AC3C-872A-4B30-8FD7-12420FA1D14E@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201016223811.GJ44269@L-31X9LVDL-1304.local>
> Am 17.10.2020 um 00:38 schrieb Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>:
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 12:32:50PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>> Ok, I seems to understand the logic now.
>>>>>
>>>>> But how we prevent ONLINE_PARTIAL memory block get offlined? There are three
>>>>> calls in virtio_mem_set_fake_offline(), while all of them adjust page's flag.
>>>>> How they hold reference to struct page?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I should have given you the right pointer. (similar to my other
>>>> reply)
>>>>
>>>> We hold a reference either via
>>>>
>>>> 1. alloc_contig_range()
>>>
>>> I am not familiar with this one, need to spend some time to look into.
>>
>> Each individual page will have a pagecount of 1.
>>
>>>
>>>> 2. memmap init code, when not calling generic_online_page().
>>>
>>> I may miss some code here. Before online pages, memmaps are allocated in
>>> section_activate(). They are supposed to be zero-ed. (I don't get the exact
>>> code line.) I am not sure when we grab a refcount here.
>>
>> Best to refer to __init_single_page() -> init_page_count().
>>
>> Each page that wasn't onlined via generic_online_page() has a refcount
>> of 1 and looks like allocated.
>>
>
> Thanks, I see the logic.
>
> online_pages()
> move_pfn_range_to_zone() --- 1)
> online_pages_range() --- 2)
>
> At 1), __init_single_page() would set page count to 1. At 2),
> generic_online_page() would clear page count, while the call back would not.
>
> Then I am trying to search the place where un-zero page count prevent offline.
> scan_movable_pages() would fail, since this is a PageOffline() and has 1 page
> count.
>
> So the GUARD we prevent offline partial-onlined pages is
>
> (PageOffline && page_count)
>
> And your commit aa218795cb5fd583c94f
>
> mm: Allow to offline unmovable PageOffline() pages via MEM_GOING_OFFLINE
>
> is introduced to handle this case.
>
> That's pretty clear now.
>
I‘m happy to see that I am no longer the only person that understands all this magic :)
Thanks for having a look / reviewing!
>> --
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David / dhildenb
>
> --
> Wei Yang
> Help you, Help me
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-17 7:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 108+ 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 [this message]
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
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 15:29 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-10-18 16:34 ` David Hildenbrand
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