Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] mm/nvdimm: Use correct #defines instead of open coding

Dan Williams
2019-08-19T20:35:02Z

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 2:32 AM Aneesh Kumar K.V
<aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> writes:
>
> > Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> writes:
> >
> >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 12:45 AM Aneesh Kumar K.V
> >> <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>
>
> ...
>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> >>> index 37e96811c2fc..c1d9be609322 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> >>> @@ -725,7 +725,8 @@ static int nd_pfn_init(struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn)
> >>> * when populating the vmemmap. This *should* be equal to
> >>> * PMD_SIZE for most architectures.
> >>> */
> >>> - offset = ALIGN(start + SZ_8K + 64 * npfns, align) - start;
> >>> + offset = ALIGN(start + SZ_8K + sizeof(struct page) * npfns,
> >>
> >> I'd prefer if this was not dynamic and was instead set to the maximum
> >> size of 'struct page' across all archs just to enhance cross-arch
> >> compatibility. I think that answer is '64'.
> >
> >
> > That still doesn't take care of the case where we add new elements to
> > struct page later. If we have struct page size changing across
> > architectures, we should still be ok as long as new size is less than what is
> > stored in pfn superblock? I understand the desire to keep it
> > non-dynamic. But we also need to make sure we don't reserve less space
> > when creating a new namespace on a config that got struct page size >
> > 64?
>
>
> How about
>
> libnvdimm/pfn_dev: Add a build check to make sure we notice when struct page size change
>
> When namespace is created with map device as pmem device, struct page is stored in the
> reserve block area. We need to make sure we account for the right struct page
> size while doing this. Instead of directly depending on sizeof(struct page)
> which can change based on different kernel config option, use the max struct
> page size (64) while calculating the reserve block area. This makes sure pmem
> device can be used across kernels built with different configs.
>
> If the above assumption of max struct page size change, we need to update the
> reserve block allocation space for new namespaces created.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
>
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c | 7 +++++++
>
> modified drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> @@ -722,7 +722,14 @@ static int nd_pfn_init(struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn)
> * The altmap should be padded out to the block size used
> * when populating the vmemmap. This *should* be equal to
> * PMD_SIZE for most architectures.
> + *
> + * Also make sure size of struct page is less than 64. We
> + * want to make sure we use large enough size here so that
> + * we don't have a dynamic reserve space depending on
> + * struct page size. But we also want to make sure we notice
> + * if we end up adding new elements to struct page.
> */
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(64 < sizeof(struct page));

Looks ok to me. There are ongoing heroic efforts to make sure 'struct
page' does not grown beyond the size of cacheline. The fact that
'struct page_ext' is allocated out of line makes it safe to assume
that 'struct page' will not be growing larger in the foreseeable
future.