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SubjectRe: [Part3 PATCH v2 0/4] Support hot-remove local pagetable pages.
On 06/17/2013 09:58 AM, Jianguo Wu wrote:
> Hi Tang,
>
> On 2013/6/13 21:03, Tang Chen wrote:
>
>> The following patch-set from Yinghai allocates pagetables to local nodes.
>> v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/7/642
>> v2: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/10/47
>> v3: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/4/639
>> v4: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/11/829
>>
>> Since pagetable pages are used by the kernel, they cannot be offlined.
>> As a result, they cannot be hot-remove.
>>
>> This patch fix this problem with the following solution:
>>
>> 1. Introduce a new bootmem type LOCAL_NODE_DATAL, and register local
>> pagetable pages as LOCAL_NODE_DATAL by setting page->lru.next to
>> LOCAL_NODE_DATAL, just like we register SECTION_INFO pages.
>>
>> 2. Skip LOCAL_NODE_DATAL pages in offline/online procedures. When the
>> whole memory block they reside in is offlined, the kernel can
>> still access the pagetables.
>> (This changes the semantics of offline/online a little bit.)
>>
>> 3. Do not free LOCAL_NODE_DATAL pages to buddy system because they
>> were skipped when in offline/online procedures. The memory block
>> they reside in could have been offlined.
>>
>
> s/LOCAL_NODE_DATAL/LOCAL_NODE_DATA

Oh...thank you. Will send a new version soon. :)

>
>> Anyway, this problem should be fixed. Any better idea is welcome.
>>
>> Change log:
>> v1 -> v2:
>> patch2: As suggested by Wu Jianguo, define a macro to check if a page
>> cantains local node data.
>> patch4: As suggested by Wu Jianguo, prevent freeing LOCAL_NODE_DATA
>> pages in free_pagetable() instead of in put_page_bootmem().
>>
>> Tang Chen (4):
>> bootmem, mem-hotplug: Register local pagetable pages with
>> LOCAL_NODE_DATA when freeing bootmem.
>> mem-hotplug: Skip LOCAL_NODE_DATA pages in memory offline procedure.
>> mem-hotplug: Skip LOCAL_NODE_DATA pages in memory online procedure.
>> mem-hotplug: Do not free LOCAL_NODE_DATA pages to buddy system in
>> hot-remove procedure.
>>
>> arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 10 +++++++-
>> include/linux/memblock.h | 22 +++++++++++++++++
>> include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 20 +++++++++++++--
>> mm/memblock.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>> mm/page_alloc.c | 15 ++++++++++-
>> mm/page_isolation.c | 5 ++++
>> 7 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
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