Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm: sparse: pass section_nr to section_mark_present

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>]

On Mon 05-07-21 17:55:36, Ohhoon Kwon wrote:
> With CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME enabled, __section_nr() which converts
> mem_section to section_nr could be costly since it iterates all
> section roots to check if the given mem_section is in its range.
> 
> On the other hand, __nr_to_section() which converts section_nr to
> mem_section can be done in O(1).
> 
> Let's pass section_nr instead of mem_section ptr to
> section_mark_present() in order to reduce needless iterations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ohhoon Kwon <ohoono.kwon@samsung.com>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> ---
>  mm/sparse.c | 9 +++++----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index 6326cdf36c4f..b4fae2fc6276 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -187,13 +187,14 @@ void __meminit mminit_validate_memmodel_limits(unsigned long *start_pfn,
>   * those loops early.
>   */
>  unsigned long __highest_present_section_nr;
> -static void section_mark_present(struct mem_section *ms)
> +static void section_mark_present(unsigned long section_nr)
>  {
> -	unsigned long section_nr = __section_nr(ms);
> +	struct mem_section *ms;
>  
>  	if (section_nr > __highest_present_section_nr)
>  		__highest_present_section_nr = section_nr;
>  
> +	ms = __nr_to_section(section_nr);
>  	ms->section_mem_map |= SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT;

Can you add the ms parameter here so that we get rid of the pointless
__nr_to_section as suggested in the previous review feedback?
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs