[PATCH v3 4/6] mm/mm_init.c: remove meaningless calculation of zone->managed_pages in free_area_init_core()

Baoquan He
2024-03-28T09:12:30Z

Currently, in free_area_init_core(), when initialize zone's field, a
rough value is set to zone->managed_pages. That value is calculated by
(zone->present_pages - memmap_pages).

In the meantime, add the value to nr_all_pages and nr_kernel_pages which
represent all free pages of system (only low memory or including HIGHMEM
memory separately). Both of them are gonna be used in
alloc_large_system_hash().

However, the rough calculation and setting of zone->managed_pages is
meaningless because
a) memmap pages are allocated on units of node in sparse_init() or
alloc_node_mem_map(pgdat); The simple (zone->present_pages -
memmap_pages) is too rough to make sense for zone;
b) the set zone->managed_pages will be zeroed out and reset with
acutal value in mem_init() via memblock_free_all(). Before the
resetting, no buddy allocation request is issued.

Here, remove the meaningless and complicated calculation of
(zone->present_pages - memmap_pages), directly set zone->managed_pages
as zone->present_pages for now. It will be adjusted in mem_init().

And also remove the assignment of nr_all_pages and nr_kernel_pages in
free_area_init_core(). Instead, call the newly added calc_nr_kernel_pages()
to count up all free but not reserved memory in memblock and assign to
nr_all_pages and nr_kernel_pages. The counting excludes memmap_pages,
and other kernel used data, which is more accurate than old way and
simpler, and can also cover the ppc required arch_reserved_kernel_pages()
case.

And also clean up the outdated code comment above free_area_init_core().
And free_area_init_core() is easy to understand now, no need to add
words to explain.

Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
---
v2->v3:
- Change to initialize zone->managed_pages as zone->present_pages for now
because later page_group_by_mobility_disabled need be set according to
zone->managed_pages. Otherwise it will cause setting
page_group_by_mobility_disabled to 1 always.

mm/mm_init.c | 46 +++++-----------------------------------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index c57a7fc97a16..a4b80e8276bb 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1565,15 +1565,6 @@ void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
}
#endif

-/*
- * Set up the zone data structures:
- * - mark all pages reserved
- * - mark all memory queues empty
- * - clear the memory bitmaps
- *
- * NOTE: pgdat should get zeroed by caller.
- * NOTE: this function is only called during early init.
- */
static void __init free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
{
enum zone_type j;
@@ -1584,41 +1575,13 @@ static void __init free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat)

for (j = 0; j < MAX_NR_ZONES; j++) {
struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + j;
- unsigned long size, freesize, memmap_pages;
-
- size = zone->spanned_pages;
- freesize = zone->present_pages;
-
- /*
- * Adjust freesize so that it accounts for how much memory
- * is used by this zone for memmap. This affects the watermark
- * and per-cpu initialisations
- */
- memmap_pages = calc_memmap_size(size, freesize);
- if (!is_highmem_idx(j)) {
- if (freesize >= memmap_pages) {
- freesize -= memmap_pages;
- if (memmap_pages)
- pr_debug(" %s zone: %lu pages used for memmap\n",
- zone_names[j], memmap_pages);
- } else
- pr_warn(" %s zone: %lu memmap pages exceeds freesize %lu\n",
- zone_names[j], memmap_pages, freesize);
- }
-
- if (!is_highmem_idx(j))
- nr_kernel_pages += freesize;
- /* Charge for highmem memmap if there are enough kernel pages */
- else if (nr_kernel_pages > memmap_pages * 2)
- nr_kernel_pages -= memmap_pages;
- nr_all_pages += freesize;
+ unsigned long size = zone->spanned_pages;

/*
- * Set an approximate value for lowmem here, it will be adjusted
- * when the bootmem allocator frees pages into the buddy system.
- * And all highmem pages will be managed by the buddy system.
+ * Initialize zone->managed_pages as 0 , it will be reset
+ * when memblock allocator frees pages into buddy system.
*/
- zone_init_internals(zone, j, nid, freesize);
+ zone_init_internals(zone, j, nid, zone->present_pages);

if (!size)
continue;
@@ -1915,6 +1878,7 @@ void __init free_area_init(unsigned long *max_zone_pfn)
check_for_memory(pgdat);
}

+ calc_nr_kernel_pages();
memmap_init();

/* disable hash distribution for systems with a single node */
--
2.41.0