[PATCH 12/12] hugetlb: offload per node attribute registrations

[Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>]

[PATCH 12/12] hugetlb:  offload [un]registration of sysfs attr to worker thread

This patch offloads the registration and unregistration of per node
hstate sysfs attributes to a worker thread rather than attempt the
allocation/attachment or detachment/freeing of the attributes in
the context of the memory hotplug handler.

I don't know that this is absolutely required, but the registration
can sleep in allocations and other mem hot plug handlers do it this
way.  If it turns out this is NOT required, we can drop this patch.

N.B.,  Only tested build, boot, libhugetlbfs regression.
       i.e., no memory hotplug testing.

Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>

---

Against:  2.6.31-mmotm-090925-1435

New in V6

V7:  + remove redundant check for memory{ful|less} node from
       node_hugetlb_work().  Rely on [added] return from
       hugetlb_register_node() to differentiate between transitions
       to/from memoryless state.

 drivers/base/node.c  |   51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 include/linux/node.h |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.31-mmotm-090925-1435/include/linux/node.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.31-mmotm-090925-1435.orig/include/linux/node.h	2009-10-07 12:32:01.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.31-mmotm-090925-1435/include/linux/node.h	2009-10-07 12:32:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@
 
 #include <linux/sysdev.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 struct node {
 	struct sys_device	sysdev;
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE) && defined(CONFIG_HUGETLBFS)
+	struct work_struct	node_work;
+#endif
 };
 
 struct memory_block;
Index: linux-2.6.31-mmotm-090925-1435/drivers/base/node.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.31-mmotm-090925-1435.orig/drivers/base/node.c	2009-10-07 12:32:04.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.31-mmotm-090925-1435/drivers/base/node.c	2009-10-07 12:32:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -186,11 +186,14 @@ static SYSDEV_ATTR(distance, S_IRUGO, no
 static node_registration_func_t __hugetlb_register_node;
 static node_registration_func_t __hugetlb_unregister_node;
 
-static inline void hugetlb_register_node(struct node *node)
+static inline bool hugetlb_register_node(struct node *node)
 {
 	if (__hugetlb_register_node &&
-			node_state(node->sysdev.id, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
+			node_state(node->sysdev.id, N_HIGH_MEMORY)) {
 		__hugetlb_register_node(node);
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
 }
 
 static inline void hugetlb_unregister_node(struct node *node)
@@ -387,10 +390,31 @@ static int link_mem_sections(int nid)
 	return err;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLBFS
 /*
  * Handle per node hstate attribute [un]registration on transistions
  * to/from memoryless state.
  */
+static void node_hugetlb_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct node *node = container_of(work, struct node, node_work);
+
+	/*
+	 * We only get here when a node transitions to/from memoryless state.
+	 * We can detect which transition occurred by examining whether the
+	 * node has memory now.  hugetlb_register_node() already check this
+	 * so we try to register the attributes.  If that fails, then the
+	 * node has transitioned to memoryless, try to unregister the
+	 * attributes.
+	 */
+	if (!hugetlb_register_node(node))
+		hugetlb_unregister_node(node);
+}
+
+static void init_node_hugetlb_work(int nid)
+{
+	INIT_WORK(&node_devices[nid].node_work, node_hugetlb_work);
+}
 
 static int node_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
 				unsigned long action, void *arg)
@@ -399,14 +423,16 @@ static int node_memory_callback(struct n
 	int nid = mnb->status_change_nid;
 
 	switch (action) {
-	case MEM_ONLINE:    /* memory successfully brought online */
+	case MEM_ONLINE:
+	case MEM_OFFLINE:
+		/*
+		 * offload per node hstate [un]registration to a work thread
+		 * when transitioning to/from memoryless state.
+		 */
 		if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE)
-			hugetlb_register_node(&node_devices[nid]);
-		break;
-	case MEM_OFFLINE:   /* or offline */
-		if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE)
-			hugetlb_unregister_node(&node_devices[nid]);
+			schedule_work(&node_devices[nid].node_work);
 		break;
+
 	case MEM_GOING_ONLINE:
 	case MEM_GOING_OFFLINE:
 	case MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE:
@@ -417,7 +443,8 @@ static int node_memory_callback(struct n
 
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
-#else
+#endif	/* CONFIG_HUGETLBFS */
+#else	/* !CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE */
 static int link_mem_sections(int nid) { return 0; }
 
 static inline int node_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
@@ -425,6 +452,9 @@ static inline int node_memory_callback(s
 {
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
+
+static void init_node_hugetlb_work(int nid) { }
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE */
 
 int register_one_node(int nid)
@@ -449,6 +479,9 @@ int register_one_node(int nid)
 
 		/* link memory sections under this node */
 		error = link_mem_sections(nid);
+
+		/* initialize work queue for memory hot plug */
+		init_node_hugetlb_work(nid);
 	}
 
 	return error;

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