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>>> bool vma_policy_mof(struct vm_area_struct *vma); >>> +nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *pol, >>> + pgoff_t ilx, int *nid); >>> >>> extern void numa_default_policy(void); >>> extern void numa_policy_init(void); >>> @@ -232,6 +234,13 @@ static inline struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma, >>> return NULL; >>> } >>> >>> +static inline nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *pol, >>> + pgoff_t ilx, int *nid) >>> +{ >>> + *nid = NUMA_NO_NODE; >>> + return NULL; >>> +} >>> + >>> static inline int >>> vma_dup_policy(struct vm_area_struct *src, struct vm_area_struct *dst) >>> { >>> diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c >>> index 3b1dfd08338b..54f539497e20 100644 >>> --- a/mm/mempolicy.c >>> +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c >>> @@ -596,8 +596,6 @@ static const struct mempolicy_operations mpol_ops[MPOL_MAX] = { >>> >>> static bool migrate_folio_add(struct folio *folio, struct list_head *foliolist, >>> unsigned long flags); >>> -static nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *pol, >>> - pgoff_t ilx, int *nid); >>> >>> static bool strictly_unmovable(unsigned long flags) >>> { >>> @@ -2195,7 +2193,7 @@ static unsigned int interleave_nid(struct mempolicy *pol, pgoff_t ilx) >>> * Return a nodemask representing a mempolicy for filtering nodes for >>> * page allocation, together with preferred node id (or the input node id). >>> */ >>> -static nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *pol, >>> +nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *pol, >>> pgoff_t ilx, int *nid) >>> { >>> nodemask_t *nodemask = NULL; >> >> You actually only care about the nid for your use case. >> >> Maybe we should add >> >> get_vma_policy_node() that internally does a get_vma_policy() to then >> give you only the node back. >> >> If get_vma_policy() is not the right thing (see my reply to patch #2), >> of course a get_task_policy_node() could be added. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> >> David / dhildenb > > Hi David, Hi, > > I did not use get_vma_policy or mpol_misplaced, which I believe is the > closest function that exists for what I want in this patch, because > those functions I think what you mean is, that you are performing an rmap walk. But there, you do have a VMA + MM available (stable). > seem to assume they are called inside of the task that the folio/vma > is mapped to. But, we do have a VMA at hand, so why would we want to ignore any set policy? (I think VMA policies so far only apply to shmem, but still). I really think you want to use get_vma_policy() instead of the task policy. > More specifically, mpol_misplaced assumes it is being called within a > page fault. > This doesn't work for us, because we call it inside of a kdamond process. Right. But it uses the vmf only for ... 1) Obtaining the VMA 2) Sanity-checking that the ptlock is held. Which, you also have during the rmap walk. So what about factoring out that handling from mpol_misplaced(), having another function where you pass the VMA instead of the vmf? > > I would be open to adding a new function that takes in a folio, vma, > address, and > task_struct and returns the nid the folio should be placed on. It could possibly > be implemented as a function internal to mpol_misplaced because the two would > be very similar. Good, you had the same thought :) > > How would you propose we handle MPOL_BIND and MPOL_PREFFERED_MANY > in this function? mpol_misplaced chooses a nid based on the node and > cpu the fault > occurred on, which we wouldn't have in a kdamond context. The two options I see > are either: > 1. return the nid of the first node in the policy's nodemask > 2. return NUMA_NO_NODE > I think I would lean towards the first. I guess we'd need a way for your new helper to deal with both cases (is_fault vs. !is_fault), and make a decision based on that. For your use case, you can then decide what would be appropriate. It's a good question what the appropriate action would be: 1) sounds better, but I do wonder if we would rather want to distribute the folios in a different way across applicable nodes, not sure ... -- Cheers, David / dhildenb