From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx113.postini.com [74.125.245.113]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 389456B0033 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:09:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-yh0-f49.google.com with SMTP id f64so1129787yha.36 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:09:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:09:24 -0400 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/21] x86: get pg_data_t's memory from other node Message-ID: <20130723200924.GP21100@mtj.dyndns.org> References: <1374220774-29974-1-git-send-email-tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com> <1374220774-29974-12-git-send-email-tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1374220774-29974-12-git-send-email-tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Tang Chen Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu, hpa@zytor.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, trenn@suse.de, yinghai@kernel.org, jiang.liu@huawei.com, wency@cn.fujitsu.com, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com, izumi.taku@jp.fujitsu.com, mgorman@suse.de, minchan@kernel.org, mina86@mina86.com, gong.chen@linux.intel.com, vasilis.liaskovitis@profitbricks.com, lwoodman@redhat.com, riel@redhat.com, jweiner@redhat.com, prarit@redhat.com, zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com, yanghy@cn.fujitsu.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 03:59:24PM +0800, Tang Chen wrote: > From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu > > If system can create movable node which all memory of the > node is allocated as ZONE_MOVABLE, setup_node_data() cannot > allocate memory for the node's pg_data_t. > So, use memblock_alloc_try_nid() instead of memblock_alloc_nid() > to retry when the first allocation fails. Otherwise, the system > could failed to boot. > > Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu > Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan > Signed-off-by: Tang Chen > Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu > Reviewed-by: Wanpeng Li > --- > arch/x86/mm/numa.c | 5 ++--- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c > index a71c4e2..5013583 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c > @@ -209,10 +209,9 @@ static void __init setup_node_data(int nid, u64 start, u64 end) > * Allocate node data. Try node-local memory and then any node. > * Never allocate in DMA zone. > */ > - nd_pa = memblock_alloc_nid(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid); > + nd_pa = memblock_alloc_try_nid(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid); > if (!nd_pa) { > - pr_err("Cannot find %zu bytes in node %d\n", > - nd_size, nid); > + pr_err("Cannot find %zu bytes in any node\n", nd_size); Hmm... we want the node data to be colocated on the same node and I don't think being hotpluggable necessarily requires the node data to be allocated on a different node. Does node data of a hotpluggable node need to stay around after hotunplug? I don't think it's a huge issue but it'd be great if we can clarify where the restriction is coming from. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org