Re: [PATCH v1] mm: page_alloc: Add debug log in free_reserved_area for static memory

Faiyaz Mohammed
2021-10-06T14:23:17Z

On 10/6/2021 5:48 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 06.10.21 14:13, Faiyaz Mohammed wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for delayed response.
>>
>> On 9/29/2021 10:33 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>> On 29.09.21 10:58, Faiyaz Mohammed wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/28/2021 4:46 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>> On 28.09.21 12:53, Faiyaz Mohammed wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/28/2021 4:09 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>>>> On 28.09.21 11:04, Faiyaz Mohammed wrote:
>>>>>>>> For INITRD and initmem memory is reserved through
>>>>>>>> "memblock_reserve"
>>>>>>>> during boot up but it is free via "free_reserved_area" instead
>>>>>>>> of "memblock_free".
>>>>>>>> For example:
>>>>>>>> [    0.294848] Freeing initrd memory: 12K.
>>>>>>>> [    0.696688] Freeing unused kernel memory: 4096K.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To get the start and end address of the above freed memory and to
>>>>>>>> account
>>>>>>>> proper memblock added memblock_dbg log in "free_reserved_area".
>>>>>>>> After adding log:
>>>>>>>> [    0.294837] memblock_free: [0x00000083600000-0x00000083603000]
>>>>>>>> free_initrd_mem+0x20/0x28
>>>>>>>> [    0.294848] Freeing initrd memory: 12K.
>>>>>>>> [    0.695246] memblock_free: [0x00000081600000-0x00000081a00000]
>>>>>>>> free_initmem+0x70/0xc8
>>>>>>>> [    0.696688] Freeing unused kernel memory: 4096K.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Faiyaz Mohammed <faiyazm@codeaurora.org>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>      mm/page_alloc.c | 5 +++++
>>>>>>>>      1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
>>>>>>>> index b37435c..f85c3b2 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
>>>>>>>> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
>>>>>>>> @@ -8129,6 +8129,11 @@ unsigned long free_reserved_area(void
>>>>>>>> *start,
>>>>>>>> void *end, int poison, const char
>>>>>>>>              pr_info("Freeing %s memory: %ldK\n",
>>>>>>>>                  s, pages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10));
>>>>>>>>      +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK
>>>>>>>> +        memblock_dbg("memblock_free: [%#016llx-%#016llx] %pS\n",
>>>>>>>> +            __pa(start), __pa(end), (void *)_RET_IP_);
>>>>>>>> +#endif
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> IMHO, the "memblock_free" part is misleading. Something was
>>>>>>> allocated
>>>>>>> early via memblock, then we transitioned to the buddy, now we're
>>>>>>> freeing
>>>>>>> that early allocation via the buddy.
>>>>>>> Yes, we're freeing the early allocation via buddy, but for proper
>>>>>> memblock accounting we need this debug print.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you mean with "accounting" ? These are debug statements.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, these are debug statements, which help to know the a-b address
>>>> belongs to x callsite. This info is required when memblock=debug is
>>>> passed through command line and CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK is enabled.
>>>
>>> The issue I'm having is talking in the name of memblock "memblock_dbg,
>>> memblock_free", when memblock might no longer be around. We have other
>>> places where we free early memblock allocations back to the buddy.
>> I didn't find place where we free early memblock allocation back to the
>> buddy.
>
> One example I know is
>
> section_deactivate()->free_map_bootmem()->vmemmap_free()-> ...
> free_pagetable()->free_reserved_page().
>
> when we free the vmemmap allocated via memblock back to the buddy.
>
>>
>> Why "memblock_dbg" print with "memblock_free" string?.
>> - After buddy took over, buddy will free memblock reserved memory
>> through free_reserved_area and it will print the freed memory size, but
>> the freed memory through buddy still be part of
>> memblock.reserved.regions.
>> - To know the address ranges, added the "memblock_dbg" print along with
>> "membloc_free" string.
>> - If it is misleading or confusing, we can remove the "memblock_free"
>> string from the "memblock_dgb" print and we can just print the address
>> range when "memlock=debug" pass through command line.
>
> That would be better, but do we really have to depend on
> "memlock=debug"?
Yes, because we need that print when memblock=debug is pass through
command line, like other memblock debug messages.

Thanks and regards,