Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] mm/sparse.c: introduce a new function clear_subsection_map()

David Hildenbrand
2020-03-03T08:33:19Z

On 03.03.20 09:22, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 03/02/20 at 04:43pm, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 01.03.20 06:20, Baoquan He wrote:
>>> On 02/28/20 at 03:36pm, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>> On 20.02.20 05:33, Baoquan He wrote:
>>>>> Wrap the codes which clear subsection map of one memory region from
>>>>> section_deactivate() into clear_subsection_map().
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> mm/sparse.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>>>> 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
>>>>> index 977b47acd38d..df857ee9330c 100644
>>>>> --- a/mm/sparse.c
>>>>> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
>>>>> @@ -726,14 +726,25 @@ static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap)
>>>>> }
>>>>> #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
>>>>>
>>>>> -static void section_deactivate(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>>>>> - struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
>>>>> +/**
>>>>> + * clear_subsection_map - Clear subsection map of one memory region
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * @pfn - start pfn of the memory range
>>>>> + * @nr_pages - number of pfns to add in the region
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * This is only intended for hotplug, and clear the related subsection
>>>>> + * map inside one section.
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * Return:
>>>>> + * * -EINVAL - Section already deactived.
>>>>> + * * 0 - Subsection map is emptied.
>>>>> + * * 1 - Subsection map is not empty.
>>>>> + */
>>>>
>>>> Less verbose please (in my preference: none and simplify return handling)
>>>>
>>>>> +static int clear_subsection_map(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
>>>>> {
>>>>> DECLARE_BITMAP(map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION) = { 0 };
>>>>> DECLARE_BITMAP(tmp, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION) = { 0 };
>>>>> struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
>>>>> - bool section_is_early = early_section(ms);
>>>>> - struct page *memmap = NULL;
>>>>> unsigned long *subsection_map = ms->usage
>>>>> ? &ms->usage->subsection_map[0] : NULL;
>>>>>
>>>>> @@ -744,8 +755,28 @@ static void section_deactivate(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>>>>> if (WARN(!subsection_map || !bitmap_equal(tmp, map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION),
>>>>> "section already deactivated (%#lx + %ld)\n",
>>>>> pfn, nr_pages))
>>>>> - return;
>>>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + bitmap_xor(subsection_map, map, subsection_map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION);
>>>>>
>>>>> + if (bitmap_empty(subsection_map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION))
>>>>> + return 0;
>>>>> +
>>>>
>>>> Can we please just have a
>>>>
>>>> subsection_map_empty() instead and handle that in the caller?
>>>> (you can then always return true in the !VMEMMAP variant)
>>>
>>> I don't follow. Could you be more specific? or pseudo code please?
>>>
>>> The old code has to handle below case in which subsection_map has been
>>> cleared. And I introduce clear_subsection_map() to encapsulate all
>>> subsection map realted code so that !VMEMMAP won't have to see it any
>>> more.
>>>
>>
>> Something like this on top would be easier to understand IMHO
>>
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
>> index dc79b00ddaaa..be5c80e9cfee 100644
>> --- a/mm/sparse.c
>> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
>> @@ -726,20 +726,6 @@ static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap)
>> }
>> #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
>>
>> -/**
>> - * clear_subsection_map - Clear subsection map of one memory region
>> - *
>> - * @pfn - start pfn of the memory range
>> - * @nr_pages - number of pfns to add in the region
>> - *
>> - * This is only intended for hotplug, and clear the related subsection
>> - * map inside one section.
>> - *
>> - * Return:
>> - * * -EINVAL - Section already deactived.
>> - * * 0 - Subsection map is emptied.
>> - * * 1 - Subsection map is not empty.
>> - */
>> static int clear_subsection_map(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
>> {
>> DECLARE_BITMAP(map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION) = { 0 };
>> @@ -758,11 +744,12 @@ static int clear_subsection_map(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> bitmap_xor(subsection_map, map, subsection_map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION);
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>>
>> - if (bitmap_empty(subsection_map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION))
>> - return 0;
>> -
>> - return 1;
>> +static bool is_subsection_map_empty(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
>> +{
>> + return bitmap_empty(subsection_map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION);
>> }
>>
>> static void section_deactivate(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>> @@ -771,11 +758,8 @@ static void section_deactivate(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>> struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
>> bool section_is_early = early_section(ms);
>> struct page *memmap = NULL;
>> - int rc;
>> -
>>
>> - rc = clear_subsection_map(pfn, nr_pages);
>> - if (IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)rc))
>> + if (unlikely(clear_subsection_map(pfn, nr_pages)))
>> return;
>> /*
>> * There are 3 cases to handle across two configurations
>> @@ -794,7 +778,7 @@ static void section_deactivate(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>> *
>> * For 2/ and 3/ the SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP={y,n} cases are unified
>> */
>> - if (!rc) {
>> + if (is_subsection_map_empty(pfn, nr_pages)) {
>> unsigned long section_nr = pfn_to_section_nr(pfn);
>
> Tried this way, it's not good in this patch. Since ms->usage might be
> freed in this place.
>
> if (!PageReserved(virt_to_page(ms->usage))) {
> kfree(ms->usage);
> ms->usage = NULL;
> }

So your patch #1 is already broken. Just cache the result in patch #1.

bool empty;

...
empty = bitmap_empty(subsection_map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION);
...
if (empty) {
...
}

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb