Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm/sparse: add sparse_init_nid()

[Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>]

On 07/01/18 at 10:04pm, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> +/*
> + * Initialize sparse on a specific node. The node spans [pnum_begin, pnum_end)
> + * And number of present sections in this node is map_count.
> + */
> +void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
> +				   unsigned long pnum_end,
> +				   unsigned long map_count)
> +{
> +	unsigned long pnum, usemap_longs, *usemap, map_index;
> +	struct page *map, *map_base;
> +
> +	usemap_longs = BITS_TO_LONGS(SECTION_BLOCKFLAGS_BITS);
> +	usemap = sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_pgdat_section(NODE_DATA(nid),
> +							  usemap_size() *
> +							  map_count);
> +	if (!usemap) {
> +		pr_err("%s: usemap allocation failed", __func__);

Wondering if we can provide more useful information for better debugging
if failed. E.g here tell on what nid the usemap allocation failed.

> +		goto failed;
> +	}
> +	map_base = sparse_populate_node(pnum_begin, pnum_end,
> +					map_count, nid);
> +	map_index = 0;
> +	for_each_present_section_nr(pnum_begin, pnum) {
> +		if (pnum >= pnum_end)
> +			break;
> +
> +		BUG_ON(map_index == map_count);
> +		map = sparse_populate_node_section(map_base, map_index,
> +						   pnum, nid);
> +		if (!map) {
> +			pr_err("%s: memory map backing failed. Some memory will not be available.",
> +			       __func__);
And here tell nid and the memory section nr failed.

> +			pnum_begin = pnum;
> +			goto failed;
> +		}
> +		check_usemap_section_nr(nid, usemap);
> +		sparse_init_one_section(__nr_to_section(pnum), pnum, map,
> +					usemap);
> +		map_index++;
> +		usemap += usemap_longs;
> +	}
> +	return;
> +failed:
> +	/* We failed to allocate, mark all the following pnums as not present */
> +	for_each_present_section_nr(pnum_begin, pnum) {
> +		struct mem_section *ms;
> +
> +		if (pnum >= pnum_end)
> +			break;
> +		ms = __nr_to_section(pnum);
> +		ms->section_mem_map = 0;
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Allocate the accumulated non-linear sections, allocate a mem_map
>   * for each and record the physical to section mapping.
> -- 
> 2.18.0
>